Cmd.exe: Workaround for “if not exist *.*” and other uses for the FOR command
One of the annoying things in Windows XP/2003 and later, is that the construct
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if not exist c:\test\*.* echo No files! |
does not work as expected if c:\test is empty. This seems to be due to the fact that Windows regards the “.” and “..” file entries as valid files (even though, technically they are directories),… Read more »