That explains it! thanks again!
sean On 28 June 2011 15:43, Jesper Skov <jskovjyskeban...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 8:44 AM, Sean Van Buggenum <sva...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Apparently (and I am no windows expert) I need to, if I want to get the >> exit value from the exec command on windows, use the COMSPEC thingymagig. >> >> %COMSPEC% /c svn >> > > The COMSPEC trick is only needed when executing DOS .bat & .cmd scripts. > > Return values work as expected when executing .exe commands. > > > Cheers, > Jesper > > > >