How to get errorlevel from called file?

Question

I'm trying to get the errorlevel after calling Maven from my batch file. Simplified example:

call mvn clean test
if errorlevel 0 echo Build success

The problem is, the error level will always be 0 even if the build fails. How can I access the errorlevel set by the called process?

Answer 1

A third method:

if not errorlevel 1 echo no error

This is because errorlevel 0 is always true

Answer 2

try this:

call mvn clean test
if %errorlevel% equ 0 echo Build success

Answer 3

For windows 7, I find that 'if %errorlevel%==0 echo Build success' or what ever you want for output.

Hope this helps.