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PRDLM9103012: IF Condition Fails If DOS LM Drive Is Redirected ID Number: Q70887

2.00b MS-DOS buglist2.00b

Summary:

PROBLEM ID: DLM9103012

SYMPTOMS With a drive redirected to an HPFS/FAT/HPFS386 share volume, the following batch file condition fails (is false)

   if exist t:\nul

(where t: is the redirected drive).

CAUSE This problem is specific to MS-DOS and does not occur in OS/2 .CMD files.

RESOLUTION Use "t:*.*" instead of “t:”.