Timeline for How to check if a directory exists in Windows?

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Jan 5 at 0:20	review	Suggested edits
Jan 5 at 10:42
Mar 5, 2021 at 9:14	comment	added	Egor Hans		Verifying it's a directory is apparently "a bit" more compicated. See stackoverflow.com/questions/21033801/… and stackoverflow.com/questions/8666225/… for details and solutions.
Jan 27, 2017 at 4:44	review	Suggested edits
Jan 27, 2017 at 9:11
Jun 3, 2014 at 11:24	history	edited	barlop	CC BY-SA 3.0	added important somewhat corrective comment
Jun 3, 2014 at 11:13	comment	added	barlop		@sunglim by writing ` If not exist myDirName\ ` similarly `if not 1==1 echo hmm` or if exist myDirName\ ELSE blahblahblah
Jan 9, 2014 at 6:43	comment	added	Sungguk Lim		how can i check if not exist?
Dec 6, 2011 at 13:30	comment	added	phogg		@grawity: If it exists but is a file the script will probably fail later when trying to use it as a directory, which probably isn't what you want.
Dec 6, 2011 at 13:09	comment	added	grawity		@phogg: In the context of this specific question: if it exists but is a file, you still cannot `mkdir` it.
Dec 6, 2010 at 16:58	comment	added	phogg		This is correct for testing file existence, but how do you know that it's a directory? The simplest answer is `if exist mydirname\` and the rest as you say. Alternately, you could actually get a `test` binary and use it on Windows.
Dec 6, 2010 at 16:58	vote	accept	Pietro
Dec 6, 2010 at 16:47	history	answered	Sathyajith Bhat♦	CC BY-SA 2.5