Solve : shortest command to find if a directory exists?

1.	Solve : shortest command to find if a directory exists?
Answer» I would like to do this so that I can if exists Dir then echo don't do anything if not exists dir mkdir c:\thenewdirectory ----------------------- My current solution is the following.Any SUGGESTION for something shorter? dir c:\thenewdirectory\ /s >> c:\patches.txt if exists c:\patches.txt echo don't do anything if not exists c:\patches.txt mkdir c:\thenewdirectory This is the shortest solution I can think of based on your example: Code: [Select]if not exist c:\thenewdirectory md c:\thenewdirectory But you COULD ALWAYS just use the MD command which will create the directory UNLESS it already exists like this: Code: [Select]md c:\thenewdirectory>NUL

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