Batch- Does Mkdir Skip over a Folder If It Already Exists and Move onto the Next One?
I Am Trying to Create a Batch File That Creates a Series of Folders in an Already-Existing Directory. If Part of the Directory Already Exists, Will Mkdir Skip...
I am trying to create a Batch file that creates a series of folders in an already-existing directory. If part of the directory already exists, will MKDIR skip over that one and continue down the directory or will it overwrite it?
A sample code is here:
mkdir %cdriveletter%\Steam\SteamApps\common\Counter-Strike Source\cstrike\custom\my_custom_skins\
In that code I want to only create the MyCustomSkins folder but it has to be in that directory. I do not want it to overwrite the stuff before it.
Will this suffice?
1 Answer
The mkdir command will create any folders that do not exist in the specified path, unless extensions are disabled (setLocal enableExtensions) - regardless, it will not destroy a directory and create a new one with the same name.
See mkdir /? -
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MKDIR creates any intermediate directories in the path, if needed.
For example, assume \a does not exist then:
mkdir \a\b\c\d
is the same as:
mkdir \a
chdir \a
mkdir b
chdir b
mkdir c
chdir c
mkdir d
which is what you would have to type if extensions were disabled.
You should probably also surround your path with quotation marks.
Note: You could test that yourself, by creating some 'test' directories, and writing a similar command.
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