Batch File - Catching PSEXEC result - batch-file

Question

If I run a successful PSEXEC command, it says this...
"cmd exited on workstation.domain with error code 0."
Is there any way I can prevent this and do something like
psexec \\workstation.domain -u username -p password cmd /c "assoc.pdf= "
if %errorlevel%==0 (
echo Success!
) else (
REM display psexec error here.
)

Answer 1

Since my edit's were rejected...
Is the original code posted part of a larger script? If so then do you set your errcode to match the ERRORLEVEL environment variable?
psexec \\workstation.domain -u username -p password cmd /c "assoc.pdf= "
IF '%ERRORLEVEL%'=='0' (
echo Success!
) else (
REM display psexec error here.
)
Whenever attempting to detemine IF / THEN in batch and you use == you need to surrond the variable and the valuecheck in single " ' " marks. The above code corrects that issue for you as well as replaces errcode with ERRORLEVEL, which is the default environment variable for Windows.
Also, in practice I always use the following before any ERRORLEVEL check to drop the initial value to properly catch the error.
verify >nul
In this case I would do the following:
verify >nul
psexec \\workstation.domain -u username -p password cmd /c "assoc.pdf= "
IF '%ERRORLEVEL%'=='0' (
echo Success!
) else (
echo.Error is %ERRORLEVEL%; please see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms681381(VS.85).aspx for more details.
)
I added a weburl for checking on the error received.
Alternatively you could open the URL to the corresponding page automatically:
#ECHO OFF
verify >nul
set ERRCODE=0
psexec \\workstation.domain -u username -p password cmd /c "assoc.pdf= "
IF '%ERRORLEVEL%'=='0' (
echo Success!
) else (
set ERRCODE=%ERRORLEVEL%
)
IF %ERRCODE% LEQ 499 set MSERROR=681382
IF %ERRCODE% GTR 500 set MSERROR=681388
IF %ERRCODE% GTR 1000 set MSERROR=681383
IF %ERRCODE% GTR 1300 set MSERROR=681385
IF %ERRCODE% GTR 1700 set MSERROR=681386
IF %ERRCODE% GTR 4000 set MSERROR=681387
IF %ERRCODE% GTR 6000 set MSERROR=681389
IF %ERRCODE% GTR 8200 set MSERROR=681390
IF %ERRCODE% GTR 9000 set MSERROR=681391
IF %ERRCODE% GTR 12000 set MSERROR=681384
IF ERRCODE NEQ 0 start http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms%MSERROR%(v=vs.85).aspx
IF ERRCODE NEQ 0 echo.This failed with ERROR: %ERRCODE%
pause

Answer 2

For reference to psexec http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897553.aspx
The first step when determining program results is to identify all of the return values and if it sets errorlevel.
#echo off
:: Method 1, Handle a single line of output. No errorlevel support
for /f "usebackq delims=" %%A in (`psexec \\workstation.domain -u username -p password cmd /c "assoc.pdf= " ^| find /v "error code 0"`) do (
rem Display the error
echo.%%A
goto Failed
)
echo.Success
:Failed
:: Method 2, Handle multiple lines of output. No errorlevel support
for /f "usebackq delims=" %%A in (`psexec \\workstation.domain -u username -p password cmd /c "assoc.pdf= "`) do (
rem Check the status
for /f "usebackq delims=" %%X in (`echo."%%~A" ^| find /v "error code 0"`) do (
echo.%%X
)
for /f "usebackq delims=" %%X in (`echo."%%~A" ^| find "error code 0"`) do (
echo.Success
)
)
:: Method 3, Supports error level variable; only works if the called program supports it.
verify > nul
psexec \\workstation.domain -u username -p password cmd /c "assoc.pdf= "> nul
if %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 0 echo.Success
if %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 echo.Error
:: Method 4, specific error message with error level, requires delayed expansion.
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
verify > nul
for /f "usebackq delims=" %%A in (`psexec \\workstation.domain -u username -p password cmd /c "assoc.pdf= "`) do (
if !ERRORLEVEL! EQU 0 echo.Success
if !ERRORLEVEL! NEQ 0 echo.%%A
)
endlocal
pause