On Sat, 27 Jan 2001 15:40:56 -0500, Clarence Verge wrote:

> Samuel W. Heywood wrote:

>> In my AUTOEXEC.BAT I have the following two lines included:

>> SET TEMP=C:\ARACHNE\TEMP\ARACHNE.TMP
>> IF NOT DIREXIST %TEMP% MD %TEMP%

> In what version of DOS did "DIREXIST" become a valid testable condition ?

> -  Clarence Verge
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@echo off
REM Program Name: ISITHERE.BAT
echo.
echo This program works with Caldera DRDOS, version 7.02
echo and perhaps with some other DOS versions.
echo.
if "%1" == ""   goto NOPARM
if "%1" == "/?" goto HELP
if "%1" == "?"  goto HELP
if "%1" == "/H" goto HELP
if "%1" == "/h" goto HELP
IF DIREXIST %1 echo The directory %1 exists.
IF NOT DIREXIST %1 echo The directory %1 does not exist.
goto END
:NOPARM
echo You failed to use any parameters!
echo.
:HELP
echo Syntax example: ISITHERE C:\DRDOS
echo.
echo This program checks for the existence of any specified directory.
echo.
goto END
:END

Contributed by Sam Heywood
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