How can I get the current directory (no ancestors)?

[hesher]

For example, If i'm in "C:\Temp\X\Y", I would like to get and store in variable the string "Y".

Thanks!

[Squashman]

for %%G in ("C:\Temp\X\Y") do set var=%%~nG

[foxidrive]

This is a bit more reliable and it takes the info from the current directory

for %%G in ("%cd%") do set "var=%%~nxG"

[hesher]

@foxidrive - thank you! perfect! I know the "For" syntax but I couldn't manage to figure how to get the last part of the path...

Could you perhaps explain what does the %%~nxG mean?

Thanks again!

[Squashman]

@foxidrive - thank you! perfect! I know the "For" syntax but I couldn't manage to figure how to get the last part of the path...

Could you perhaps explain what does the %%~nxG mean?

Thanks again!

Open up a cmd prompt.
Type: FOR /?

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In addition, substitution of FOR variable references has been enhanced.
You can now use the following optional syntax:

    %~I         - expands %I removing any surrounding quotes (")
    %~fI        - expands %I to a fully qualified path name
    %~dI        - expands %I to a drive letter only
    %~pI        - expands %I to a path only
    %~nI        - expands %I to a file name only
    %~xI        - expands %I to a file extension only
    %~sI        - expanded path contains short names only
    %~aI        - expands %I to file attributes of file
    %~tI        - expands %I to date/time of file
    %~zI        - expands %I to size of file
    %~$PATH:I   - searches the directories listed in the PATH
                   environment variable and expands %I to the
                   fully qualified name of the first one found.
                   If the environment variable name is not
                   defined or the file is not found by the
                   search, then this modifier expands to the
                   empty string

The modifiers can be combined to get compound results:

    %~dpI       - expands %I to a drive letter and path only
    %~nxI       - expands %I to a file name and extension only
    %~fsI       - expands %I to a full path name with short names only
    %~dp$PATH:I - searches the directories listed in the PATH
                   environment variable for %I and expands to the
                   drive letter and path of the first one found.
    %~ftzaI     - expands %I to a DIR like output line