[AccessD] OT:Batch File Syntax

Brilliant

Old timers Rule Arthur :-) - We all know the Old Bull/Young bull Story
Back to the Batch file Syntax 
Would this be a valid syntax construct? - I should test for both conditions -
yes?
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IF NOT EXIST c:\autoexec.bat go to FileNotExist
IF EXIST c:\autoexec.bat go to FileExist
--OR Should I just continue with the batch file here rather than test for EXIST

FileExist:
Merge File Syntax here

FileNotExist:
Copy file syntax here
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Many thanks
 
Have a great day
 
Darren
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Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT:Batch File Syntax

If exist
is what you need. Here is an example:

*IF EXIST c:\autoexec.bat echo Yupper

*That is a simple example. For "echo Yupper", you can substitute something
like "copy x:\my.dll %windir%/my.dll". You could also get fancy, create a
label in the command file (e.g. a line that begins with a colon immediately
followed by a label) and jump to it, like this:

*IF EXIST c:\autoexec.bat goto mylabel
echo Nosireee
exit

:mylabel
**echo Yupper
exit
*

hth,
Arthur
(See? There are some advantages to being an old timer.)

On 3/18/08, Darren D <darren at activebilling.com.au> wrote:
>
> Hi All
>
>
>
> Apologies for the Off Topic post - moderators let me know if this is too
> much of
> a stretch :-)
>
> I am calling a batch file that does many many things
>
> One of the things it does is 'merge' a file we have to a file the OS
> should have
>
> Sometimes the OS does not have this file So.
>
> I want to know the syntax in a batch file to test the existence of a file
> and if
> it exists to "X" if it doesn't do "Y"
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>
>
> Many thanks
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>
> DD
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