hi thanks a tons for helping me earlier I am stuck with a small problem Thru the following code i am able to create the folders but my problem is that i want to check before creating the folder that whether the folder exists or not ::** CODE START @ECHO OFF SET MM=%date:~4,-8% SET DD=%date:~7,-5% SET YYYY=%date:~-4,10% SET FOLNAM=%YYYY%_%MM% SET FOLNAM1=%YYYY%%MM%%DD% for /f %%i in (j:\configfol.txt) do MD %%i\%FOLNAM%\%FOLNAM1% ::** CODE END what i feel is that if i am able to run a if check inside the for loop i will be able to do it but the problem is i dont know how to do it Please help Thanks Gaurav

This should work: (Depends about your os. Standalone Dos doesn`t know the for /f statement.) for /f %%i in (j:\configfol.txt) do call :SUB %%i :SUB %%i if not exist %1\%FOLNAM%\%FOLNAM1% MD %1\%FOLNAM%\%FOLNAM1% The MD... line is the same as the if statement. Computing net breaks the lines. hope it helps uli

Thanks uli Thanks Gaurav