SETLOCAL command
The SETLOCAL command allows setting local environment and changing pBat interpretors settings at runtime.
To revert modifications to environment after a SETLOCAL command, use the ENDLOCAL command.
Synopsis
SETLOCAL [ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION | DISABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION] [CMDLYCORRECT | CMDLYINCORRECT]
Create a local environment so that changes to variables after the SETLOCAL command be discarded using the ENDLOCAL command. The option that can be specified allow enabling or disabling following modes :
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ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION, DISABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION : Enable or disable delayed expansion.
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CMDLYCORRECT, CMDLYINCORRECT : Enable or disable more compatibility with cmd.exe.
When calling SETLOCAL, the %ERRORLEVEL% variable is left unmodified, except if an error occurs, then %ERRORLEVEL% will be set to -1.
Compatibility
Fully compatible with cmd.exe since 218.2. ENABLEEXTENSION and DISABLEEXTENSIONS are ignored by pBat, every extensions is enabled at startup.