how to define auto search file path.

[eddiechen]

hi gay :
i find a batch files. I modify some place.now i have a trouble about how to define search file path.
i hope first auto search file: 1.txt in c disk.
and relpace LastLogin to LastLogin=zl in 1.txt.
Who can help me.

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@echo off
set "filename=1.txt"
echo In the search, please wait...
    for %%a in (C) do (
      if exist %%a:\nul (
        for /f "delims=" %%b in ('dir /a-d /s /b "%%a:\*%filename%" 2^>nul') do (
           if /i "%%~nxb" equ "%filename%" (
             cd /d "%%a:\
            pause

               (for /f "delims=" %%o in ("%filename%") do (
                   for /f "delims==" %%d in ("%%o") do (
                   if %%d==LastLogin (
                   echo LastLogin=zl
                   )  else echo;%%o
                   )
                 ))>tme.txt
                move /y tme.txt 1.txt
                :del tme.txt
                start "" "%filename%" 


              echo.%%b
             )
           )
         )
        )
    pause

[aGerman]

hi gay

How did you guess (just kidding)

Seriously:
I think you will have problems to determine if the root folder of the C drive exists. I'm virtually certain you can't check if the NUL device exists (even if it worked under very old Windows versions).

See what happens

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@echo off
if exist "C:\" (echo "C:\" exists) else echo "C:\" doesn't exist
if exist "C:\nul" (echo "C:\nul" exists) else echo "C:\nul" doesn't exist
pause

Regards
aGerman

[foxidrive]

This is correct for NT class Windows.

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@echo off
if exist "C:\" (echo "C:\" exists) else echo "C:\" doesn't exist
pause

Regards
aGerman

The \NUL trick worked in MSDOS and Win9x.

[penpen]

You should not check the existance of a drive by checking its root directory (or any other directories) existance:

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for %%a in (A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) do @(
   if exist "%%a:\" echo %drive %%a exists
)

The problem is, that an exception may be thrown for any changeable device, similar to this:http://www.flickr.com/photos/siouxmoux/2088222355/

This depends on the drives driver, but for example the built in WinXP 3,5'' disk drive driver will throw this exception for sure if no disk is inserted
(i've never seen it not throwing this exception on such a situation, so i think it's sure).

So you should better do something like this:

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@echo off
setlocal enableDelayedExpansion
for %%a in (A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) do @(
   dir "%%a:\" >nul 2>nul
   if "!errorlevel!" == "0" echo Disk drive %%a is ready.
)
endlocal
goto :eof

penpen

Edit: Fixed some flaws %errorlevel% to !errorlevel! and 0 to "0" and add the echo.

[foxidrive]

penpen, it's probably a fair assumption to ignore drives A and B.

[penpen]

I have a cdrom drive (+ driver) (pretty old), that throws this exception, too, if no cd rom is inserted:
AZTECH Zeta 6x SPeed LE.

But i haven't seen this behavior on any newer drives, so ignoring drive A and B may be sufficient nowadays.

penpen

[aGerman]

I thought of something like

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for /f %%i in ('mountvol^|find ":\"') do echo %%i

but I think penpen's solution is much better since I guess CD drives without disk would show up as well (currently I can't test it).

Regards
aGerman

[foxidrive]

I guess CD drives without disk would show up as well (currently I can't test it).

FWIW I tested it on a virtual cd drive and the T: drive didn't appear in the list when it was unmounted.

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if exist t:\ echo yes

didn't echo anything.

[eddiechen]

thanks you for your reply.
this code can find the set of files on disk c .for example file path:c:\user\xx\appdat\locallow\xx.txt

@echo off
set "filename=1.txt"
echo In the search, please wait...
for %%a in (C) do (
if exist %%a:\nul (
for /f "delims=" %%b in ('dir /a-d /s /b "%%a:\*%filename%" 2^>nul') do (
if /i "%%~nxb" equ "%filename%" (
cd /d "%%a:\

My question in the following code
i think If found the specified file name is run this command,but i don't know how to define the path of this file.

(for /f "delims=" %%o in ("%filename%") do (
for /f "delims==" %%d in ("%%o") do (
if %%d==LastLogin (
echo LastLogin=zl
) else echo;%%o
)
))>tme.txt
move /y tme.txt 1.txt

hi gay

How did you guess (just kidding)

Seriously:
I think you will have problems to determine if the root folder of the C drive exists. I'm virtually certain you can't check if the NUL device exists (even if it worked under very old Windows versions).

See what happens

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@echo off
if exist "C:\" (echo "C:\" exists) else echo "C:\" doesn't exist
if exist "C:\nul" (echo "C:\nul" exists) else echo "C:\nul" doesn't exist
pause

Regards
aGerman

[eddiechen]

thanks you for your reply.
this code can find the set of files on disk c .for example file path:c:\user\xx\appdat\locallow\xx.txt

@echo off
set "filename=1.txt"
echo In the search, please wait...
for %%a in (C) do (
if exist %%a:\nul (
for /f "delims=" %%b in ('dir /a-d /s /b "%%a:\*%filename%" 2^>nul') do (
if /i "%%~nxb" equ "%filename%" (
cd /d "%%a:\

My question in the following code
i think If found the specified file name is run this command,but i don't know how to define the Search the file path. thanks.

(for /f "delims=" %%o in ("%filename%") do (
for /f "delims==" %%d in ("%%o") do (
if %%d==LastLogin (
echo LastLogin=zl
) else echo;%%o
)
))>tme.txt
move /y tme.txt 1.txt

I guess CD drives without disk would show up as well (currently I can't test it).

FWIW I tested it on a virtual cd drive and the T: drive didn't appear in the list when it was unmounted.

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if exist t:\ echo yes

didn't echo anything.

[foxidrive]

This uses a helper batch file called `repl.bat` - download from: https://www.dropbox.com/s/qidqwztmetbvklt/repl.bat

Place `repl.bat` in the same folder as the batch file or in a folder that is on the path.

It is meant to search c: drive for 1.txt and if found it will replace LastLogin plus any characters following it with LastLogin=zl

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@echo off
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir "c:\1.txt" /b /a-d /s ') do (
   type "%%a" |repl "LastLogin.*" "LastLogin=zl" >"%%a.tmp"
move "%%a.tmp" "%%a"
)