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

> To test for the existence of a directory from a DOS batch batch file, 
> I use the time honoured method of testing for the existence of NUL 
> in that directory, eg :
> 
>      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.
> 
This is a bug in WFWG, and has caused me a little grief. 
Best I could do was this approach.

@echo off
set A=N
for %%x in (%1\*.*) do set A=Y
if %A%.==N. goto notexist
echo %1 does exist
goto end
:notexist
echo %1 does not exist
:end
set A=

It is unfortunatly incorrect, in that it thinks empty directories 
do not exist! Otherwise it works OK. Note that the = character
in the last line must be followed by a newline (CR, LF) and not 
left as the last character in the file, or A will be "cleared"
to random junk.

If this doesn't meet your needs, you may need to write a little 
program to do what you want, or use a shareware batch enhancer.

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