Testing If a Directory Exists from a Batch File

Going old school here. . .

To check for the presence of a directory (or folder) you can use the IF EXIST statement. For example, to test for C:\TEMP and then change to C:\TEMP if it exists, else create the directory and change to it, use the following batch file:

C:
IF NOT EXIST C:\TEMP GOTO MAKEDIR
CD \TEMP
EXIT

:MAKEDIR
MD C:\TEMP
CD \TEMP
EXIT