goto :EOF in cmd.exe command line does nothing and sets the exit code

[andry81]

Examples:

call; & cmd.exe /s /c "goto :EOF"
echo ERRORLEVEL=%ERRORLEVEL%

call; & cmd.exe /s /c "goto :EOF & echo 123"
echo ERRORLEVEL=%ERRORLEVEL%

Output:

ERRORLEVEL=1

123
ERRORLEVEL=0

Note

Any goto in the cmd.exe command line will reset the exit code and the error message is suppressed. But does not reset in a console prompt.

Note

The cmd.exe sets the exit code to 0 after start: #45

Note

The echo in the cmd.exe command line does reset the exit code. But does not reset in a console prompt.