HI Paul,

On Sat 2036-Nov-01 12:39, Paul Quinn (3:640/384) wrote to Richard Webb:

 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.

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

I'
d forgotten that one.  Thanks for the reminder.
SOlved my basic problem a different way.  SEarch for a text
string inside it and trap errorlevel.

Three lines of code vs. three lines of code, but thanks for
the reminder of that one.
Recall doing that myself a couple of times .

Regards,
           Richard
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