Hi! Richard,

On 31 Oct 08 23:27, you wrote to all:

 RW> I have an application that leaves some files behind even
 RW> when the data inside them has been manipulated and deleted.
 RW> IF the files left behind actually contain data, I want to
 RW> process them in a batch.  IF zero byte files, ignore.

 RW> WHat are some favorite tricks for ascertaining this out
 RW> there?
 RW> tHis is for dos 6.22 btw.

IIRC, the old trick was to try to get DOS to copy it to some other
directory.  If the new copy exists (IF EXIST [\dir\newfile]) then the
original is more than 0-bytes.

:)

Cheers,
Paul.

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