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Verify Drive Mapping
Name: Jet3 Date: April 16, 2003 at 06:15:12 Pacific OS: Win98SE CPU/Ram: varies
Comment:
Well, I hope someone here can help me. I'm setting up a logon script (a DOS batch file) for some Win98 machines on our domain and ran into a problem. I am mapping some drives, but would like to have it check to see if there is already an existing drive using that letter (like if someone already mapped a network share manually). What DOS command(s) can I use to have it check the drives? Something like "if exist J: goto DontMap". Except I can't get "if exist" to test for the drive letter (just files inside the drive). Any ideas? Thanks!
Name: IVO Date: April 16, 2003 at 07:07:35 Pacific
Reply:
In your script use the following statement:
If not exist [Drive Letter]:\Nul GoTo MAP
where [Drive Letter] has to be substituted by a variable or static drive letter. Avoid check removable media (Floppy A and B), as a prompt will be issued (Retry, Fail, Continue). I tested it under plain Dos and Win 9X and it worked, but if you experience any trouble, it can be improved.
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