Re: Windows DOS box is lying to me

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From: Terry Ebdon
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 1994 14:52

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In article <787141964snz@azmi.demon.co.uk>
           azmi@azmi.demon.co.uk "Azmi Tenikalp" writes:

>      if exist dir_name\nul goto blah_blah_blah
> 
> I'm at present working on a batch file, in which the above works 
> perfectly well running in DOS, but when I run it in a DOS box within
> Windows, it reports that the directory exists every time, whether the 
> directory actually exists or not.

The DOS device names are reserved, you should never try to create or refer
to a file of the same name unless you're referring to the device. An 
irritating restriction, but you have to live with it if you expect things to
work.

Terry

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