need to run DIR command and return true or false if path exists

Question

I have a DFS namespace url and want rom time to time to test from another server that uses those resources is access to namespace is permitted.

Manually from CMD I would do something like dir "\\namespaceURL" and the results will be the files and dirs from that namespace.

I just want to configure an alert and trigger a task when the dir command does not return anything. I am thinking at something like:

If (dir "\\namespaceURL" is ok) echo "available" else echo "not-available"

Can you guys have a look over this and let me know your thoughts?

If I get it right, I think you could use `if exist \namespaceURL\.`... — aschipfl, Sep 28 '15 at 08:42
well, a;ready tried with if exist but I couldn't make it work with a namespace URL, — John_otto, Sep 28 '15 at 09:01

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 28 '15 at 09:18

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if exist should be the way to go, but if you want to use dir, here is the syntax:

dir "\\namespaceURL" >nul 2>&1 && (echo found) || (echo no access)

answered Sep 28 '15 at 09:18

Stephan

Thanks a lot Stephan. i'll give it a try. How would the if exist version look like for the same case? – John_otto Sep 28 '15 at 09:31
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this could be the version with IfExist if exist "\\namespaceURL" (echo found) else (echo not_found) – John_otto Sep 28 '15 at 09:45
Thanks for the help guys! – John_otto Sep 28 '15 at 09:46
Does anyone knows if there could be a way to have the same results using a powershell script? – John_otto Sep 28 '15 at 13:17

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