Windows batch file && operator

Question

In bash I can write this:

#!/bin/sh
ant debug && adb install -r bin/Rocher-debug.apk

But I have a similar windows batch file, and currently it does this:

ant debug
adb install -r bin/Rocher-debug.apk

So, if "ant debug" fails, it will still run "adb install," and that's not ideal. Do any of you guys know how to do an && equivalent in this situation?

I really have to sit down and properly learn windows scripting some day soon, since I'll be doing a lot of windows work in a few months. But for now a quick answer would be awesome :-)

Answer 1

In cmd.exe the && operator should work essentially the same way, provided your program returns error codes correctly.

ant debug && adb install -r bin/Rocher-debug.apk

Should work.

You can test this the following way:

ant debug
echo %errorlevel%

If this returns zero when it succeeded and non-zero otherwise, then you can use the exact same && that you use in bash.