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Asked: 2021-11-24T00:23:06+00:00 In:

If Exist Not Working For a Folder With Spaces

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I’m trying to determine in a directory exist using a batch file in XP.

Microsoft basically says use NUL after the pathname

The syntax for checking for a directory existance is…
if exist c:\windows\nul then goto exists

I want to test for the existence of a folder with spaces in the name. The obvious solution is to enclose the name inside double quotes. I can’t seem to get that to work either.

Here’s an example of what I’m trying:

if exist “C:\Documents and Settings\NUL” goto YES
echo The file does not exist
goto END
:YES
echo The file exists
:END

I have tried using spaces and quote marks in various combinations. I cannot find a way to test for the existence of a directory with spaces in it. Can you help?

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      Easiest way:

      pushd "C:\Documents and Settings\z" 2>NUL && popd
@if not errorlevel 1 echo Dir exists!

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