Simple @Error Help Needed

[jweaver]

Hey, I've tried searching around, and I see a lot of threads that mention stuff similar to what I'm trying to figure out, but none that directly answer my question.

Basically, I need to detect if there is an error copying over a large group of files in a script that runs nightly. I'm sure I'm just missing some small detail, but I haven't been able to figure out how to get @error to return anything other than zeroes regardless of failures. In pseudo code, this is what I'm trying to do:

1) Dircopy X: to Z:

2) If error, execute failure email

3) Else, execute success email

Any advice or tips would be very appreciated!

[PsaltyDS]

Hey, I've tried searching around, and I see a lot of threads that mention stuff similar to what I'm trying to figure out, but none that directly answer my question.

Basically, I need to detect if there is an error copying over a large group of files in a script that runs nightly. I'm sure I'm just missing some small detail, but I haven't been able to figure out how to get @error to return anything other than zeroes regardless of failures. In pseudo code, this is what I'm trying to do:

1) Dircopy X: to Z:

2) If error, execute failure email

3) Else, execute success email

Any advice or tips would be very appreciated!

DirCopy() returns 1 for success, and 0 for failure. There is no mention in the help file of @error being set.