windows - How to test if a file is a directory in a batch script?

Question

Is there any way to find out if a file is a directory?

I have the file name in a variable. In Perl I can do this:

if(-d $var) { print "it's a directory
" }

Answer 1

This works:

if exist %1* echo Directory

Works with directory names that contains spaces:

C:>if exist "c:Program Files*" echo Directory
Directory

Note that the quotes are necessary if the directory contains spaces:

C:>if exist c:Program Files* echo Directory

Can also be expressed as:

C:>SET D="C:Program Files"
C:>if exist %D%* echo Directory
Directory

This is safe to try at home, kids!