Is there a possibility to check how big a disk is, and use the size to determine wich sub should run in a batch file. ex. read the size of a disk a determine if it is bigger the 1.4mb and say this probably not a normal diskette are you sure you want to format

Sure, it's possible. No time to write it, but check the techniques on my pages. Ok here is one I wrote to check if a file is 2KB. Maybe that will help give you the idea. :: is2kb.bat @ECHO off IF "%1"=="ReCuRs[" GOTO recurs IF "%1"=="" ECHO existing filename must be supplied IF "%1"=="" GOTO end IF not exist %1 ECHO existing filename must be supplied IF not exist %1 GOTO end IF exist enter.bat ECHO enter.bat in current IF exist enter.bat GOTO end PATH>%temp%.\respath.bat PATH %temp%;%path% SET siz= SET sep= SET tar=%1 DIR/A-D/W %1. |FIND " 1 ">%temp%.\result1.dat ECHO.>>%temp%.\result1.dat DATE %temp%.\result1.bat ECHO IF "%%7"=="bytes" set siz=%%6> %temp%.\enter.bat ECHO IF not "%%7"=="bytes" SET siz=%%6%%7>> %temp%.\enter.bat FOR %%c IN (CALL DEL) do %%c %temp%.\result1.bat DEL %temp%.\enter.bat FOR %%c in (CALL DEL) do %%c %temp%.\respath.bat ECHO %siz% |FIND "." >nul IF not errorlevel 1 SET sep=. ECHO ; |CHOICE.COM /C%siz%; >nul IF not "%sep%"=="." IF errorlevel 6 ECHO %1 is larger then 2 Kb IF not "%sep%"=="." IF errorlevel 6 GOTO end IF not "%sep%"=="." IF errorlevel 1 IF not errorlevel 5 ECHO %1 is smaller than 2 Kb IF not "%sep%"=="." IF errorlevel 1 IF not errorlevel 5 GOTO end IF "%sep%"=="." IF errorlevel 7 ECHO %1 is larger then 2 Kb IF "%sep%"=="." IF errorlevel 7 GOTO end IF "%sep%"=="." IF errorlevel 2 IF not errorlevel 5 ECHO %1 is smaller than 2Kb IF "%sep%"=="." IF errorlevel 2 IF not errorlevel 5 GOTO end ECHO ; |CHOICE.COM/C;%siz%; %0;ReCuRs>%temp%.\parse1.bat %temp%.\PARSE1.BAT :recurs SHIFT 2 IF "%1"=="]?" GOTO end FOR %%n in (3 4 5 6 7) do IF %%n==%1 ECHO %tar% is larger then 2 Kb FOR %%n in (3 4 5 6 7) do IF %%n==%1 GOTO end SHIFT 0 IF "%1"=="." SHIFT IF not "%1"=="0" ECHO %tar% is larger then 2 Kb IF not "%1"=="0" GOTO end SHIFT 4 FOR %%n in (0 1 2 3 4) do IF %%n==%1 GOTO last ECHO %tar% is larger than 2Kb GOTO end :last SHIFT 8 FOR %%n in (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7) do IF %%n==%1 ECHO %tar% is smaller than 2Kb FOR %%n in (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7) do IF %%n==%1 GOTO end IF %1==8 ECHO %tar% is exactly 2Kb IF not %1==8 ECHO %tar% is larger than 2Kb :end SET siz= SET tar= SET sep=

I had forgotten I had already written a batch program to do this. compsize.bat http://home7.inet.tele.dk/batfiles/monthly/jan2001.htm

That's quite a batch-file!

Hi. I was taking a look at the batch file, and was wondering... is the following line (line 17 from batch) posted correctely? DATE %temp%.\result1.bat Wouldn't it be something like DATE [lessthan] %temp%.\result1.dat|FIND "1">%temp%.\result1.bat Or am I wrong? Could you Laurence please clear this to me? Thanks -- SECRET_DOOM --