Script ERRORLEVEL not working as expexted :: Support Forum

ericcao
Joined:: 2025-07-16
Posts:: 2
Location:: canada

Script ERRORLEVEL not working as expexted

2025-07-16 15:42

Hi,

We are trying to transfer some files to client FTP server and it needs to stop transfer whenever it detects an error (client FTP server is not stable).

We use a batch script like this:

cd /d %~dp0
".\WinSCP\WinSCP.exe" /script=.\FTP_Outbound.txt /log=.\FTP_Outbound_log.txt /logsize=5*10M
if %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 (
    echo WinSCP transfer failed. Files will not be moved.
    exit /b %ERRORLEVEL%
)
cd /d D:\Exports\
rem Move files to Backup folder:
move /Y *.* Backup

We are trying to exit the script completely if the ERRORLEVEL is not equal to 0 but it never work as expected. Please advise.

In the logs we can see errors like

Timeout detected. (control connection)
Connection failed.

which might not return as ERRORLEVEL other than 0 I assume?

Thanks and appreciate your help!

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martin◆ Site Admin
Joined:: 2002-12-10
Posts:: 42,276
Location:: Prague, Czechia

Re: Script ERRORLEVEL not working as expexted

2025-07-17

Please attach a full session log file showing the problem (using the latest version of WinSCP).

Btw, you should be using WinSCP.com (not .exe) from the batch file.
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/executables

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ericcao
Joined:: 2025-07-16
Posts:: 2
Location:: canada

Re: Script ERRORLEVEL not working as expexted

2025-08-01 21:04

Thanks. Please see attached log. Client FTP server is constantly lost connection and it is not returning error code 1:

. 2025-07-31 02:17:54.795 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
. 2025-07-31 02:17:54.796 Connecting to ingest.example.ca ...
. 2025-07-31 02:18:09.808 Timeout detected. (control connection)
. 2025-07-31 02:18:09.808 Connection failed.
. 2025-07-31 02:22:54.810 --------------------------------------------------------------------------

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