Re: Windows DOS box is lying to me

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From: Azmi Tenikalp
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 1994 09:21

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Many thanks to those who responded.

Brief reminder of the original problem :

     The DOS batchfile test for the existence of a directory, 

          if exist dir_name\nul goto blah_blah_blah

     fails to work properly ONLY on one machine, and ONLY when run
     in a DOS session within Windows - it reports the existence of 
     the directory, whether this is true or not.

The method is legitimate; I and many others have used it for years; 
I have referred to the Garbo FAQs, and the method is used there 
identically.  

It must be some freak configuration of the particular machine, but I 
have gone through everything I know and don't know what else to think 
of.  Hence the call for help / ideas.



        azmi                                azmi@azmi.demon.co.uk

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