HI Trying to compare 2 file names and then react depending whether they are the same or not. Code as follows: for /f %%a IN ('dir "c:\test\1\*.ver" /b') do @echo %%a for /f %%b IN ('dir "c:\test\2\*.ver" /b') do @echo %%b if %%a equ %%b goto same else goto diff :same echo same file names goto end :diff echo different filenames goto end :end Have placed the @echo %% at the end of the For lines just so i can see that it is picking up the correct value. When it gets to the If line however it does not seem to see that the variables are different values. Please help!! Thanks Paul

Generally, a goto in a for is a mess. Beyond that, I thik you are trying to find out which files exist in both; right? ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

The code posted is meaningless at all, i.e. absolutely wrong and horrible as it demonstrates the OP has no knowledge of the For /F statement and the scope of the related variables (that are defined *inside* the loop itself and can't be accessed outside the sequence block). So I give up and maybe M2 is so patient to rewrite the code from scratch.

Cracked it! For those who might be interested: @echo off for /f %%a IN ('dir "c:\test\1\*.ver" /b') do set file1=%%a for /f %%b IN ('dir "c:\test\2\*.ver" /b') do set file2=%%b if %file1%==%file2% goto same echo different filenames goto end :same echo same file names goto end :end

Well done I am interested. Glad you did it!

@NoIdea, are you sure that code performs properly? Hmm...

It may not work if there's more than one file in either directory.