Batch Extract path and filename from a variable
How can I extract path and filename from a variable?
Setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
set file=C:\Users\l72rugschiri\Desktop\fs.cfg
I want to do that without using any function or any GOTO. is it possible?
@ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL
set file=C:\Users\l72rugschiri\Desktop\fs.cfg
FOR %%i IN ("%file%") DO (
ECHO filedrive=%%~di
ECHO filepath=%%~pi
ECHO filename=%%~ni
ECHO fileextension=%%~xi
)
Not really sure what you mean by no "function"
Obviously, change ECHO
to SET
to set the variables rather thon ECHOing them...
See for
documentation for a full list.
ceztko's test case (for reference)
@ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL
set file="C:\Users\ l72rugschiri\Desktop\fs.cfg"
FOR /F "delims=" %%i IN ("%file%") DO (
ECHO filedrive=%%~di
ECHO filepath=%%~pi
ECHO filename=%%~ni
ECHO fileextension=%%~xi
)
Comment : please see comments.
You can only extract path and filename from (1) a parameter of the BAT itself %1
, or (2) the parameter of a CALL %1
or (3) a local FOR variable %%a
.
in HELP CALL
or HELP FOR
you may find more detailed information:
%~1 - expands %1 removing any surrounding quotes (")
%~f1 - expands %1 to a fully qualified path name
%~d1 - expands %1 to a drive letter only
%~p1 - expands %1 to a path only
%~n1 - expands %1 to a file name only
%~x1 - expands %1 to a file extension only
%~s1 - expanded path contains short names only
%~a1 - expands %1 to file attributes
%~t1 - expands %1 to date/time of file
%~z1 - expands %1 to size of file
And then try the following:
Either pass the string to be parsed as a parameter to a CALL
call :setfile ..\Desktop\fs.cfg
echo %file% = %filepath% + %filename%
goto :eof
:setfile
set file=%~f1
set filepath=%~dp1
set filename=%~nx1
goto :eof
or the equivalent, pass the filename as a local FOR variable
for %%a in (..\Desktop\fs.cfg) do (
set file=%%~fa
set filepath=%%~dpa
set filename=%%~nxa
)
echo %file% = %filepath% + %filename%