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I want to check if a file exists in a path and then if it exists do a loop. e.g.

IF EXIST "C:\FILE" THEN
LOOP CONDITION
END IF

but in .cmd programming. How would it look like?

dbenham
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The syntax is like this:

IF EXIST filename. (
FOR %%A IN (1 2 3) DO GOTO=%%A
    :1
    ECHO 1
    GOTO End
    :2
    ECHO 2
    GOTO End
    :3
    ECHO 3
    :End
) ELSE (
echo filename. missing.
)

Take a look at this

CloudyMarble
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  • Thank you. I do have a further question, where it says 'filename.' do i add the path in quotes? e.g. IF EXISTS "C:\FILENAME".( – Rory Lester Feb 26 '13 at 07:14
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I assume that you are using Visual Basic (at least the syntax of IF statement is showing it), if yes, then use FileInfo object like Dim fi As New FileInfo("C:\File.txt") IF fi.Exists() THEN ' Do your loop here END IF

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