[VCL-13] Improve Windows batch file and scripts

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Component/s: vcld (backend)
• Assignee: Andrew Kurth
• Reporter: Andrew Kurth
• Created: 06/Jan/09 18:24
• Updated: 08/Mar/12 20:11
• Resolved: 08/Mar/12 20:11

Description

There are several batch files and other scripts which run as part of VCL's image capture and loading processes. Their output is not always saved to a log file. It's lost. To simplify troubleshooting, configure all batch file and scripts to redirect their output to files on the computer.

External calls within the scripts do not always check the exit status of the command that was executed. The exit status can usually be retrieved from the %ERRORLEVEL% variable within batch scripts or from $? if executed from a bash shell. It would be helpful if the exit status is checked for almost all external calls and displayed in the script's log file.