in reply to Re^3: perl and windows batch
in thread perl and windows batch

Executed from within a batch file, /b sets the %errorlevel% environment variable and exits the batch file, rather than exit cmd.exe and return the value as it process exit code.

Outside a batch file, (ie. on the command line), /b is a non-op.

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