strange issue with labels

Question

I have a script with:

IF "%USER_COUNTRY%"=="ie" IF NOT "%POS_TYPE%" == "ipos" ( GOTO IE_Start)

and below I have some labels:

:PT_Start
ECHO Start PT
  rem for PT Num Lock must be activated before POS start
  .\native\klocks.exe +n

    IF NOT EXIST c:\C3 GOTO NO_C3
    pushd c:\C3\
    tskill /V  /A  c3_net
    cmd /c  START /min c3_net.exe
    GOTO C3_DONE
    :NO_C3
    ECHO C3 not present in C:\C3\
    ECHO start without C3
    :C3_DONE
    popd

GOTO Start_Now

:IE_Start
ECHO Start IE

    IF NOT EXIST c:\C3 GOTO NO_C3_RPM
    pushd c:\C3\
    tskill /V  /A  c3_rpm_net
    cmd /c START  c3_rpm_net.exe
    GOTO RPM_C3_DONE
    :NO_C3_RPM
    ECHO C3 not present in C:\C3\
    ECHO start without C3
    :RPM_C3_DONE
    popd

GOTO Start_Now

:PL_Start
ECHO Start PL
    pushd c:\AModule\
    cmd /c START Forcom.AModule.exe
    echo "AModule ist gestartet"
    popd

GOTO Start_Now

I am getting:

The system cannot find the batch label specified - IE_Start

Script is run under Windows but it was saved on Unix so it has LF line-end signs. I am telling this because there are few ways to fix that problem but I don't understand why. I noticed that following fixes the problem:

Changing line-end signs to CR+LF (Windows-specific);
Moving IE_Start label and its part of code before PT_Start;
Removing /min from cmd /c START /min c3_net.exe;
Changing line from point 3) to cmd /c START /min C:\C3\c3_net.exe (this file doesn't exist anyway);

What's going on?

Regardless of the other issues, `:IE_Start` in your code is never run from the code block you have posted, we know it can be run from a `GOTO` elsewhere in your script. `IF /I "%USER_COUNTRY%"=="ie" (IF /I NOT "%POS_TYPE%"=="ipos" GOTO IE_Start)` . But you really need to include all of the code. — Compo, Jan 10 '17 at 13:47

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 11 '17 at 18:06

IF "%USER_COUNTRY%"=="ie" IF NOT "%POS_TYPE%" == "ipos" ( GOTO IE_Start)

Your code above is not correct:

1) you are using two different if statements as a one liner.

2) the first if contains a condition but lacks the command block.

Below is the correct way of achieving what you want.

IF "%USER_COUNTRY%"=="ie" ( do something )

IF NOT "%POS_TYPE%"=="ipos" ( GOTO IE_Start)

strange issue with labels

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