[Andrew666]

you no Batch File (DOS)?

can you help me i wot to no how to do DOS

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\RICV.ERROR.A.bat
if [EXIST] goto :1
if [not] EXIST goto :2

how do i do it ?

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SET FILE= C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\RICV.ERROR.A.bat IF EXIST %FILE% GOTO :label2
GOTO :label1

but it is going to label1 if C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\RICV.ERROR.A.bat if it EXIST y?

[Andrew666]

SET FILE= C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\RICV.ERROR.A.bat IF EXIST %FILE% GOTO :label2
GOTO :label1

but it is going to label1 if C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\RICV.ERROR.A.bat if it EXIST y?

[gerryf]

I have no idea what you are trying to do..

[Andrew666]

it got to see if

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\RICV.ERROR.A.bat

EXISTs if it EXISTs it goto :label1 if it not EXISTs it goto :label2 ?

[Swandog46]

you want this:

SET FILE=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\RICV.ERROR.A.bat

IF EXIST %FILE% GOTO SOMELABEL1
GOTO SOMELABEL2

:SOMELABEL1

(code if the file exists)

:SOMELABEL2

(code if the file does not exist)

[Andrew666]

save as RICV.ERROR.A.bat
code
-----------------------------------

echo off

SET FILE=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\RICV.ERROR.A.bat

IF EXIST %FILE% GOTO SOMELABEL2
GOTO SOMELABEL1



:SOMELABEL1
echo file NOT EXIST
pause
copy %0 "%2\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\"
echo file NOW EXIST
pause
goto SOMELABEL3

:SOMELABEL2
echo file EXIST
pause
goto SOMELABEL3

:SOMELABEL3
echo done
pause

-----------------------------------

as you can c file C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\RICV.ERROR.A.bat file NOT EXIST but it copy %0 (RICV.ERROR.A.bat) to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\ but if you run it and your see it goto SOMELABEL1 if C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\RICV.ERROR.A.bat EXIST do you no y ?

if your going to run RICV.ERROR.A.bat it copy to Startup how to delete it do a search for all RICV.ERROR.A.bat and delete all you can c as RICV.ERROR.A.bat

Edited by Andrew666, 17 June 2005 - 12:28 PM.

[Swandog46]

I don't understand what's going on anymore. What exactly do you want this batch to do? You want to save it as RICV.ERROR.A.bat, and then have it copy itself to the Startup folder? Why don't you just save it to the startup folder in the first place?

[Andrew666]

it got to c if RICV.ERROR.A.bat is in Startup folder if not it got to git a copy to it

IF FILE EXIST goto SOMELABEL2
IF FILE NOT EXIST goto SOMELABEL1

SOMELABEL1 is for Startup file (the copy off it so it can boot up )

SOMELABEL2 is for networking files ( networking files is so ppl can git files off me)

[Swandog46]

But the file you want to copy is this batch itself, correct?

Why do you use %2 instead of just C:\ ?

Shouldn't it say:

copy %0 "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"

[Andrew666]

ok it now is

copy %0 "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"


but how do i do

SET FILE=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\RICV.ERROR.A.bat

IF EXIST %FILE% GOTO SOMELABEL2
IF not EXIST %FILE% GOTO SOMELABEL1

?

[Swandog46]

Just by doing:

SET FILE=filename
IF EXIST %FILE% GOTO LABEL1
GOTO LABEL2

you have made LABEL1 the "exist" case and LABEL2 the "non-exist" case. Because --- if the file exists, the IF statement will complete and control will pass to LABEL1. If the file doesn't exist, the IF statement will terminate, control will move to the next line, and then control will pass automatically to LABEL2. See?