Force a Batch Script to fail

[Migration User]

is there a way when I create a task to force a batch to fail according to Altiris?

 

Example:

I want to uninstall Flash on a pc but I do not want to run this if Internet Explorer is running at the time.

So I will run through a routine for 60 min looping and checking.  After this time frame if IE is still open I would like to Fail because I never actually ran the uninstall of Flash.

 

Any ideas on what I can do in my Batch Script at the end to make it fail according to Altiris?

[Migration User]

You can set the timeout for the task (v7) or program (v6) in Altiris. Once it hits that threshold, it will terminate. However, whenever something terminates\times out it usually give a '0' success code, so it might be hard to track.

[Migration User]

If you can find the condition within the script where you want it to error out in. Use the batch command:

EXIT <ERROR CODE>

0 will be considered a success. This way you can specify the error code and track upon on that.

I like to use: 999 - Nothing should return that as a success code :)

[Migration User]

This looks like what I want.  So basically I setup a ok IE is open so:

GOTO :Fail

:Fail

EXIT 999

 

And this will send back 999?  I'm testing and thank you for the info!

[Migration User]

Works Great

Thank you!