How to search for files?

[tinfanide]

For example, I have a file called "search.txt" in C:\
Why the below code does not work?

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dir c:\%1 /s > search.txt

It only writes the info of the drive and the platform of the OS into the file?

[RogerSmith]

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@echo off
if exist c:\search.txt ( echo File found )else (echo File not found)
pause>nul

[Squashman]

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@echo off
if exist c:\search.txt ( echo File found )else (echo File not found)
pause>nul

dir /s is a recursive search. The user is trying to find the file within the whole volume itself.