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:\nul".