what am i doing wrong (if, errorlevel, ren)

[linzzer]

this should be so easy, yet I'm super lost. What am i doing wrong? :S
why is the errorlevel code being 50% ignored?

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if exist zzzplaces.sqlite ren places.sqlite zpirplaces.sqlite
echo %errorlevel%
::pause
SAME RESULT if not errorlevel 0 goto :ren1 // if errorlevel 0 goto :ren1
if errorlevel 1 goto :ren2

:ren1
ren zzzplaces.sqlite places.sqlite
goto end

::if exist zpirplaces.sqlite ren places.sqlite zzzplaces.sqlite
::if errorlevel 0 goto :ren2

:ren2
ren places.sqlite zzzplaces.sqlite
ren zpirplaces.sqlite places.sqlite

:end

pause

[penpen]

this should be so easy, yet I'm super lost. What am i doing wrong? :S
why is the errorlevel code being 50% ignored?

All is working as intended (by Microsoft).
The command "if errorlevel <number>" specifies a true condition only if the previous program run by Cmd.exe returned an exit code equal to or greater than number.

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Here you seeem to have changed your code:

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:: from
if errorlevel  0 goto :ren1
if errorlevel  1 goto :ren2

:: to
if errorlevel  1 goto :ren1
if errorlevel  0 goto :ren2

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Herre the errorlevel changed from '1' to '0'.


penpen

[linzzer]

>Here you seeem to have changed your code:

yea i know because I was changing things around. so how do I jump to :ren2 ? if one file exists?

[penpen]

You could do the following:

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if exist "filename" goto :ren2

penpen

[linzzer]

yea, that's what I ended up doing.

thanks