Begin localisation of environment variables in a batch file.
SETLOCAL [[ENABLEEXTENSIONS] | [DISABLEEXTENSIONS] [[ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION] | [DISABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION]
none.
CMD
ENDLOCAL -
End localisation of environment changes in a batch file.
SET
Equivalent Linux BASH commands:
readonly - Mark variables/functions as readonly.
If Command Extensions are permanently disabled then SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS will not restore them.
Changes made to an Environment Variable after SETLOCAL has been issued are local to the batch file. ENDLOCAL must be issued to restore the previous settings.
SETLOCAL can be used more than once in the same batch file so that multiple values can be stored in one Environment Variable.
@ECHO OFF
::
::Standard commission
SET V_Commission=20
ECHO %V_Commission%
::
::Super commission
SETLOCAL
SET V_Commission=30
ECHO %V_Commission%
::
::Premium commission
SETLOCAL
SET V_Commission=40
ECHO %V_Commission%
ENDLOCAL
::
::Back to Super commission
ECHO %V_Commission%
ENDLOCAL
::
::back to Standard commission
ECHO %V_Commission%
SETLOCAL will set an ERRORLEVEL if given an argument. It will be zero if one of the two valid arguments is given and one otherwise.
You can use this in a batch file to determine if command extensions are available, using this technique:
VERIFY errors 2>nul
SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 ECHO Unable to enable extensions
This works because "VERIFY errors" sets ERRORLEVEL to 1 and then the SETLOCAL will fail to reset the ERRORLEVEL value if extensions are not available (e.g. if the script is running under command.com)