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     NAME
	  IF - test for	conditionals in	batch files

     SYNOPSIS
	  IF <condition	to test	for>

     DESCRIPTION
	  You can use this command to provide some logic for batch
	  files. You can test for the presence of a file using the
	  EXISTS <filename> keyword, you can compare two strings for
	  equality (disregarding case) using the EQ keyword ( "string"
	  EQ "string") you can test for	the previous programs return
	  codes	WARN >=	5, ERROR >= 10,	FAIL >=	20.  You can also
	  combine any one of these commands with NOT, which inverts
	  the result. I.E., if a file does exists, then	NOT EXISTS
	  <file> will return FALSE, and	cause the IF to	fail.  When IF
	  fails, it moves the execution	of the file ahead to the next
	  ELSE or ENDIF	command.  ELSE and ENDIF are bound to the most
	  recent IF.




































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