SCRIPTING - Windows batch-file errorlevel question

I've got a batch file that parses a bunch of file names out of a text file and concatenates them into a single strong - it was previously discussed here. However, I don't want the string to contain a file if the file throw an error when I run it through some command (like a VCS check, for example). Here's my attempt:

set FILE_LIST=
for /f %%x in (temp.txt) do (

:: perform a VCS test
accurev diff -b %%x

:: skip concatenation if error level is > 2
IF errorlevel 2 GOTO NEXT

:: perform the concatenation
set FILE_LIST=!FILE_LIST! %%x

:NEXT
:: print a message if here due to an error above
IF errorlevel 2 echo VCS problem with this file: %%x
)

The problem is - the script appears to stop executing the entire for-loop as soon as it finds one errorlevel greater than 2. If there are five files in the list and the third one has a VCS problem - the script only handles the first two.

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Question by (10/1/2009 9:35:21 PM)

Answer

 
setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
set FILE_LIST=
for /f %%x in (temp.txt) do (
    accurev diff -b "%%~x"
    IF errorlevel 2 (
    	echo VCS problem with this file: %%~x
    ) ELSE (
    	set FILE_LIST=!FILE_LIST! %%x
    )
)
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