Redirecting command-line output to keep error messages from showing in the command window

Question

I\'m testing the existence of a folder, and, depending on its existence, I want to run different commands:

DIR %MYDIR%\\tmp > test.txt
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 (
          


        

Answer 1

Use exist instead:

@echo off
if exist %MYDIR%\tmp (
  dir %MYDIR%\tmp > test.txt
  goto EndIt
)
echo %MYDIR%\tmp not found > test.txt
:EndIt