BAT file and "IF EXIST"

[N. de Jonge]

I have a test.bat file:

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@echo off
set TEST=%~dp0test.bat
echo %TEST%
if not exist {%TEST%} (
  echo test.bat not found
  exit /b 1
)

When I run this, the output is:

$ wine cmd
Wine CMD Version 5.1.2600 (1.6)
Z:\home\ndejonge>test.bat
Z:\home\ndejonge\test.bat
test.bat not found

Does anyone know why it says test.bat is not found, even though right before that it displays the exact location of test.bat?

I start: Z:\home\ndejonge>test.bat

It says %TEST% is: Z:\home\ndejonge\test.bat

But then suddenly "if not exist {%TEST%}" is true.

Thanks.

[lahmbi5678]

Hi,

are you sure, that you need the curly brackets? I just tried your example, without the curly brackets it seems to work.

[N. de Jonge]

[...], without the curly brackets it seems to work.

Thanks, that fixed the problem.