Run command2 only if command1 succeeded in cmd windows shell

Question

How do we combine commands in cmd shell language such that the second command is only executed if the first command successfully completed?

something like following bash-command

make && ./a.out

a.out is only executed if make was successful

Answer 1

The following

command1 && command2

should work on cmd as well. Quote from here:

When using cmd.exe, you can put multiple commands on the same line by using ‘&’ or ‘&&’ between commands. Using a single ampersand (&) will cause the first command and then the second command to be run in sequence. Using double ampersands (&&) introduces error checking. The second command will run only if the first command is successful.

Answer 2

An AND list has the form

command1 && command2

command2 is executed if, and only if, command1 returns an exit status of zero.

An OR list has the form

command1 || command2

command2 is executed if and only if command1 returns a non-zero exit status. The return status of AND and OR lists is the exit status of the last command executed in the list.