I have scripted FFExist.bat to allow a batch file to determine if a folder is empty, or contains
sub-folders, or contains files,
or contains both sub-folders and files.
The syntax for using FFExist.bat is:
call ffexist FolderPath Answer
where:
FolderPath is the path to the folder, like "C:\Program Files", and Answer is a call directed environment variable that will be set as follows:
XX - The FolderPath does NOT exist. NN - The FolderPath is empty. YN - The FolderPath contains sub-folders and does NOT contain files. NY - The FolderPath contains files and does NOT contain sub-folders. YY - The FolderPath contains both sub-folders and files.NOTE: If you fail to specify the Answer argument, FFExist.bat displays Syntax: ffexist FolderPath Answer.
NOTE: If you only need to determine if the FolderPath is empty, you could use the following command line:
dir /b /a FolderPath|findstr .>nul:&&(goto :notmt)||(goto :mt)
NOTE: The above command makes use of the findstr wildcard (.) and the conditional processing symbols.
FFExist.bat contains:
@echo off if \{%2\}==\{\} @echo Syntax: ffexist FolderPath Answer&goto :EOF setlocal if not exist %1 endlocal&set %2=XX&goto :EOF dir %1 /a|findstr /c:" 0 File">NUL:&&(set file=N)||(set file=Y) dir %1 /a|findstr /c:" 2 Dir">NUL:&&(set fold=N)||(set fold=Y) endlocal&set %2=%fold%%file%
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