12 Nov 16 07:10, you wrote to Manuel Adorni:   
      
    MA>> if errorlevel 235 goto B300   
    MA>> if errorlevel 236 goto B1200   
      
    BF>    You need to check the error levels highest first.   
      
   damn! i completely missed that... it is, however, one of the reasons why i   
   like 4DOS/4OS2/4NT...   
      
   IF errorlevel EQ 42 GOTO do_42   
   IF errorlevel EQ 95 GOTO do_95   
   IF errorlevel EQ 69 GOTO report_69   
   IF errorlevel LE 30 AND errorlevel NE 0 GOTO FD_ERR_%?   
      
   then you can list the errorlevels in order of most used to least used and have   
   the script execute faster... note the last one branches on any errorlevel less   
   than or equal to 30 which are all reserved for frontdoor exits... instead of   
   having a line to check each errorlevel, we use the %? which contains "the   
   external program exit code"... then later in the script we might have a   
   section like   
      
   :FD_ERR_30   
   :FD_ERR_29   
   :FD_ERR_28   
   :FD_ERR_27   
   :FD_ERR_26   
   :FD_ERR_25   
   :FD_ERR_24   
   :FD_ERR_23   
   :FD_ERR_22   
   :FD_ERR_21   
   :FD_ERR_20   
   :FD_ERR_19   
   :FD_ERR_18   
   :FD_ERR_17   
   :FD_ERR_16   
   :FD_ERR_15   
   :FD_ERR_14   
   :FD_ERR_12   
     SET fdmsg=-=- FD ERROR: (%?) Reserved FD Error Code!   
     GOTO LOGGER   
      
   :FD_ERR_13   
     SET fdmsg=-=- FD ERROR: (%?) Maximum number of active/nested events exceded!   
     GOTO LOGGER   
      
   :FD_ERR_11   
     ECHO -=- FD ERROR: (%?) License Key Error!   
     GOTO LOGGER   
      
   :FD_ERR_10   
     SET fdmsg=-=- Normal FD Exit - Terminating %0   
     GOTO LOGGER   
      
   [...]   
      
   :LOGGER   
     ECHO %fdmsg   
     ECHO ! %_TIME  %fdmsg >> logs\fd%node.log   
     GOTO end   
      
      
   another thing that could be done (without 4*) is to call dobbs.bat... with 4*,   
   i actually parse dobbs.bat as a data file instead of using it as a script...   
   then i use that parsed information to start RA with... in this way i have only   
   one script file to deal with for running the mailer and the BBS... i used to   
   also execute tossing from it but switched to background tossing using a   
   scheduler to check if there's a semaphore indicating mail has arrived and   
   needs processing...   
      
   )\/(ark   
      
   Always Mount a Scratch Monkey   
   Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it   
   wrong...   
   ... I sprinkled baking powder over a couple of potatoes, it didn't work.   
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