Re: Command question (IF EXIST)

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Try this:

dir "%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\My Pictures\home" | find /i " 0 File(s)" >
nul || dir
"%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\My Pictures\home\"


"Howard Brazee" <howard@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:hujrl2pr36t6aqa00vtgb7pio7rd7sv5ll@xxxxxxxxxx

I tried the following command:
If exist "%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\My Pictures\home\*.*" dir
"%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\My Pictures\home\"
If exist "%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\My Pictures\work\*.*" dir
"%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\My Pictures\work\"

& it doesn't matter whether the files exist or not (my test results
follow).

How do I fix this test to do what I know whether a directory is empty?

C:\BELFRY>If exist "C:\Documents and Settings\brazee\My Documents\My
Pictures\ho
me\*.*" dir "C:\Documents and Settings\brazee\My Documents\My
Pictures\home\"
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is xxxxxx

Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\brazee\My Documents\My
Pictures\home

11/16/2006 08:17 AM <DIR> .
11/16/2006 08:17 AM <DIR> ..
0 File(s) 0 bytes
2 Dir(s) 61,803,278,336 bytes free

C:\BELFRY>If exist "C:\Documents and Settings\brazee\My Documents\My
Pictures\wo
rk\*.*" dir "C:\Documents and Settings\brazee\My Documents\My
Pictures\work\"
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is xxxxxx

Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\brazee\My Documents\My
Pictures\work

11/17/2006 08:04 AM <DIR> .
11/17/2006 08:04 AM <DIR> ..
11/17/2006 07:21 AM 141,377 Hawai'i Volcanoes National
Park, Hawai'i,
1983.jpg
1 File(s) 141,377 bytes


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