How can you compare two variables in dos? For example: set test=c:\folder set example=c:\folder if %test% == "%example%" goto samepath <noob I know. Thanks for help

if "%test%"=="%example%" goto samepath ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

It works with the example I provided above but for what I'm trying to do it won't. I have the user input data into two variables and I want to compare those two variables to see if they are the same. SET /p folder1="Set path for folder 1" echo %folder1% > folder1.txt SET /p folder2="Set path for folder 2" echo %folder2% > folder2.txt if "%folder1%"=="%folder2" goto samepath then the program just completely skips that if statement even when I make the paths the same. Thanks for the help Mechanix!

nevermind, forgot the % lol

You might want to change the comparison to if "x%test%"=="x%example%" goto samepath I don't know which OS it is but on one of them ""=="" doesn't work.

Windows VISTA thought this was a **-DOS Forum ??