"if exist" with wildcards in path?

[pstein]

If I execute the following command (with wildcard in path) in a DOS batch file then the result is not found:

if exist "D:\archive\logs\log*2015\*.zip" ( Echo found)

although such files as

D:\archive\logs\log 04.2015\test.zip

exist!. If I omit the wildcard in the path and just leave the wildcard in filename then it works:

if exist "D:\archive\logs\log 04.2015\*.zip" ( Echo found)

Is this correct?
Is there no way to put wildcards in pathes?

Peter

[foxidrive]

Wildcards in paths aren't supported in the if exist command.

[aGerman]

To be more clear - in general wildcards are only supported in the last element of the entire path.

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for /d %%i in ("D:\archive\logs\log*2015") do if exist "%%~i\*.zip" echo found

Regards
aGerman