True/false test returning unexpected results

Question

Basically I want to do a check if a directory exists then run this section, if not exit.

The script I have is:

$Path = Test-Path  c:\temp\First

if ($Path -eq "False")
{
  Write-Host "notthere" -ForegroundColor Yellow
}
elseif ($Path -eq "true")
{
  Write-Host " what the smokes"
}

But it returns nothing.

Answer 1

The error comes from the fact that the return value of Test-Path is a Boolean type.

Hence, don't compare it to strings representation of Boolean but rather to the actual $false/$true values. Like so,

$Path = Test-Path  c:\temp\First

if ($Path -eq $false)
{
    Write-Host "notthere" -ForegroundColor Yellow
}
elseif ($Path -eq $true)
{
    Write-Host " what the smokes"
}

Also, note that here you could use an else statement here.

Alternatively, you could use the syntax proposed in @user9569124 answer,

$Path = Test-Path  c:\temp\First

if (!$Path)
{
    Write-Host "notthere" -ForegroundColor Yellow
}
elseif ($Path)
{
    Write-Host " what the smokes"
}