Windows BAT : test if a specific file is empty

Question

I would like to check if a specific file is empty in a windows .bat file. Here is my non working script :

set dir=\"C:\\test\"
set file=\"%dir%\\fff.txt\"

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Answer 1

Try this:

    Const ForReading = 1

    Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
    Set objFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile("c:\boot.ini", ForReading)


    Dim arrFileLines()
    i = 0
    Do Until objFile.AtEndOfStream
      Redim Preserve arrFileLines(i)
      arrFileLines(i) = objFile.ReadLine
      i = i + 1
    Loop
    objFile.Close

Answer 2

Or try it with

@echo off
set "dir=C:\temp"
set "file=%dir%\a.txt"

call :CheckEmpty "%file%"
goto :eof

:CheckEmpty
if %~z1 == 0 exit
ftp -s:"%dir%\ftp.action"
goto :eof

The main difference is that I use a function call and use the %~z1, as the modifiers only works for paramters like %1, %2..%9 or for-loop parameters like %%a ...

Answer 3

batch solution using file compare:

type nul > blank
fc myfile blank > nul
if errorlevel 1 echo myfile is not empty