"(" in a batch file!

[Google]

What do brackets do in a batch file??

[Dusty]

Have you lost your Google finger :-?

Here is just one example (scroll down to the MDEL.BAT listing.)

Good luck

[GuruGary]

The parenthesis '(' and ')' serve different functions depending on where they are used.  The most common example I can think of is to group commands or statements together.  Take the following example:

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if ERRORLEVEL 1 (echo There was an error.
   echo The ERRORLEVEL is %errorlevel%.
   goto :EOF) else echo There was not an error.Typically, when a batch file processes an IF statement, and the IF statement is TRUE, then it will excute 1 command on the same line as the IF.  Since we have 3 statements surrounded in the parenthesis, it will group them together and execute all 3.
Compare to:

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if ERRORLEVEL 1 echo There was an error.
echo The ERRORLEVEL is %errorlevel%.
goto :EOFIn the 2nd example, the last 2 lines of code get executed even when the IF statement is FALSE.

Does that explain it?

[Google]

yes thnx