From: fizzbintuesday@that-google-mail-domain.com   
      
   JJ wrote:   
   > On Tue, 30 Jul 2024 19:46:07 -0400, Tom Del Rosso wrote:   
   >> JJ wrote:   
   >>>> On Mon, 29 Jul 2024 18:57:26 -0400, Tom Del Rosso wrote:   
   >>>>> if exist "%file%\" (set type=Folder) else (set type=File)   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> That works for a local file, but if %file% points to a network   
   >>>>> share then it always says Folder.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Are you seeing that too?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> This is for win7 (not this newsreader machine).   
   >>>   
   >>> @echo off   
   >>> setlocal   
   >>> set attr=   
   >>> for %%A in ("%file%") do set attr=%%~aA   
   >>> if "%attr%" neq "" (   
   >>>  echo Not found.   
   >>>  goto :eof   
   >>> )   
   >>> if "%attr:d=%" == "%attr%" (   
   >>>  echo It's a file.   
   >>> ) else (   
   >>>  echo It's a folder.   
   >>> )   
   >>   
   >> That's great. Thanks.   
   >> But isn't the logic inverted in the first IF?   
   >> If it doesn't exist then %attr% would be an empty string, I think.   
   >   
   > You're right. It should be the opposite. I need more coffee...   
      
   Sometimes the test makes it crash if the "attr" variable is "" because   
   the file doesn't exist (or the file has a unicode name).   
      
   So I added a character.   
   set attr=_%%~aA   
   if "%attr%" neq "_" (   
      
      
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