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   foxidrive to Stanley Daniel de Liver   
   Re: Check if drive is present before run   
   05 Apr 13 10:51:35   
   
   From: not@this.address.invalid   
      
   On 5/04/2013 5:45 AM, Stanley Daniel de Liver wrote:   
   > On Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:24:30 +0100, Mark  wrote:   
   >   
   >> I've been using this for years, especially on network drives.   
   >>   
   > Not that many, it requires NT or greater!   
      
   NT has been around of more than 13 years. :)   
      
      
   > "if exist N:\nul" used to work in DOS/W98, but maybe not now (can't test   
   > here, no local network)   
      
   the folder\nul test is no longer reliable but if exist "folder\" is reliable.   
      
      
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