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From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: halt() problem
Message-ID: <1991Mar19.045840.12610@uwasa.fi>
Date: 19 Mar 91 04:58:40 GMT
References: <26295@adm.brl.mil>
Organization: University of Vaasa
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In article <26295@adm.brl.mil> Mark@hamster.business.uwo.ca (Mark Bramwell) writes:
>I am trying to write a very simple program but I am having a difficulty with
>the halt function.  I want the program to end and set an errorlevel so I can
:
>XYZ.BAT contains:
>test
>if errorlevel 1 ver
:

Your problem is not with the halt command but with your syntax in
using errorlevel.  Try eg consulting your MsDos manual, or get
/pc/ts/tsbat24.arc from our site for studing batch programming.  The
latter contains many useful batch tricks and much general batch
knowledge. 

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