Re: [Freedos-user] if not exist? / Garbo's TSBAT

2013-02-14 Thread Chris Evans
For those that cant use the NUL trick they can use exist.exe it will check for dir and file name and return errorlevel. http://digitalatoll.com/pub/DMSOFT/exist.zip -- Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer Buy your S

Re: [Freedos-user] if not exist? / Garbo's TSBAT

2013-02-14 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 6:40 PM, dmccunney wrote: > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 7:15 PM, Ray Davison wrote: > >> Is there something like this in FD? >> >> IF NOT EXIST X:\ZZZ MD X:\ZZZ >> >> Everything in front of the MD is ignored, and there is an error if >> X:\ZZZ does exist. > > IF NOT EXIST

Re: [Freedos-user] if not exist?

2013-02-14 Thread dmccunney
On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 7:15 PM, Ray Davison wrote: > Is there something like this in FD? > > IF NOT EXIST X:\ZZZ MD X:\ZZZ > > Everything in front of the MD is ignored, and there is an error if > X:\ZZZ does exist. IF EXIST works for files, but not directories. The check for the existence of a

Re: [Freedos-user] if not exist?

2013-02-14 Thread Ray Davison
Eric Auer wrote: > > Yes of course: Type "if /?" to see how it should work. I wondered thru the batch area but did not try that. > > IF NOT EXIST X:\ZZZ\NUL MKDIR X:\ZZZ OK that works. TY Ray -- Free Next-Gen Firewal

Re: [Freedos-user] if not exist?

2013-02-14 Thread Alain Mouette
try this: IF NOT EXIST X:\ZZZ\NUL MKDIR X:\ZZZ Alain Em 14-02-2013 22:15, Ray Davison escreveu: > Is there something like this in FD? > > IF NOT EXIST X:\ZZZ MD X:\ZZZ > > Everything in front of the MD is ignored, and there is an error if > X:\ZZZ does exist. > > TY > Ray > > ---

Re: [Freedos-user] if not exist?

2013-02-14 Thread Chris Evans
Here is a program you can call from batch file http://digitalatoll.com/pub/DMSOFT/exist.zip exist X:\ZZZ if errorlevel 0 goto itexists echo it doesnt exist goto end :itexists echo it exists! :end On 02/14/2013 04:15 PM, Ray Davison wrote: > Is there something like this in FD? > ---

Re: [Freedos-user] if not exist?

2013-02-14 Thread Eric Auer
Hi! > If that doesn't work then a exist.c should be made that friend 1 errorlevel > if so let me know and I make it You misunderstood, IF EXIST does exists but has to be used in a special way for directory checks ;-) >> Is there something like this in FD? Yes of course: Type "if /?" to see how

Re: [Freedos-user] if not exist?

2013-02-14 Thread Chris Evans
If that doesn't work then a exist.c should be made that friend 1 errorlevel if so let me know and I make it On Feb 14, 2013 4:17 PM, "Ray Davison" wrote: > Is there something like this in FD? > > IF NOT EXIST X:\ZZZ MD X:\ZZZ > > Everything in front of the MD is ignored, and there is an error if

[Freedos-user] if not exist?

2013-02-14 Thread Ray Davison
Is there something like this in FD? IF NOT EXIST X:\ZZZ MD X:\ZZZ Everything in front of the MD is ignored, and there is an error if X:\ZZZ does exist. TY Ray -- Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer Buy your Sophos ne