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\n" } 

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!