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renzlo wrote:Hi aleypuppy,

Try this:

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if not exist * (echo Folder is not empty!) else (echo Folder is empty!)

-renzlo

dbenham wrote:I believe the if not exist * is seeing the implicit . folder (current directory) that exists in every folder, therefore it will never test true.

The FOR command can be used instead.

Use this to see if the current directory contains any files:

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set "file="
for %%f in (*) do set file=1
if defined file (echo directory contains one or more files) else echo directory contains NO files

Use this to see if the current directory contains any folders

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set "dir="
for /d %%f in (*) do set dir=1
if defined dir (echo directory contains one or more folders) else echo directory contains NO folders

Of course you could do something like

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set "file="
for %%f in (*) do set /a file+=1

if you wanted to get a count of the number of files. File will still be undefined if no files exist, otherwise it will contain the count of files. Or you could initialize file to 0 if you always want a value.

I'm not sure what will happen if the directory contains only hidden or system files or directories. I'm not sure if the FOR command will see them.

Dave Benham

Use this to see if the current directory contains any files:
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Use this to see if the current directory contains any folders
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set "empty=true"
for /f %%a in ('dir /b/x') do set "empty=false"

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Code:
IF NOT EXIST C:\MyDirectory\NUL ECHO It's FILE but _NOT_ FOLDER

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