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I'm trying to create a batch file with that uses wget / nircmd.exe. i have install path set to "%appdata%"\whatever the problem comes when i run this batch file on my second computer which contains a space in the name of the user. wget seems to try and save it to c:\users\klaus and ends up writing a file called Klaus. when i need it to install to C:\Users\Klaus Schroder\AppData\Roaming\DriverPack

this is what i get, trying to figure out a way to make wget to save to directories with spaces as well as directories without spaces. does it not recognize the %appdata% as C:\Users\Klaus Schroder\AppData\Roaming\?

C:\Users\Klaus Schroder\AppData\Local\Temp>SET INSTALLPATH="C:\Users\Klaus Schro
der\AppData\Roaming"\DriverPack

C:\Users\Klaus Schroder\AppData\Local\Temp>mkdir "C:\Users\Klaus Schroder\AppDat
a\Roaming"\DriverPack

HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 527960 (516K) [application/x-msdownload]
Saving to: 'C:/Users/Klaus'

C:/Users/Klaus 100%[=====================>] 515.59K 184KB/s in 2.8s

2015-03-30 22:47:03 (184 KB/s) - 'C:/Users/Klaus' saved [527960/527960]

--2015-03-30 22:47:03-- http://schroder%5Cappdata%5Croaming%5Cdriverpack%5Crar.
exe/
Resolving schroder\\appdata\\roaming\\driverpack\\rar.exe (schroder\\appdata\\ro
aming\\driverpack\\rar.exe)... failed: The requested name is valid, but no data
of the requested type was found. .
wget: unable to resolve host address 'schroder\\appdata\\roaming\\driverpack\\ra
r.exe'
FINISHED --2015-03-30 22:47:03--
Total wall clock time: 4.1s
Downloaded: 1 files, 516K in 2.8s (184 KB/s)

You probably need double quotes in your wget command.

Neither of these commands have the double quotes in the correct position. You need to surround the WHOLE path with double quotes.

vipez21 wrote:C:\Users\Klaus Schroder\AppData\Local\Temp>SET INSTALLPATH="C:\Users\Klaus Schroder\AppData\Roaming"\DriverPack

C:\Users\Klaus Schroder\AppData\Local\Temp>mkdir "C:\Users\Klaus Schroder\AppData\Roaming"\DriverPack

I personally do not put quotes into the file path when I am assigning it to a variable. Just use quotes when you are executing the command.

vipez21 wrote:SET INSTALLPATH="C:\Users\Klaus Schroder\AppData\Roaming"\DriverPack

Windows can handle some really strange methods of double quoting, such as the above too.
Some tools may fail - but most will work happily.

Squashman wrote:Just use quotes when you are executing the command.

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set installpath=C:\some path\with spaces\
mkdir "%installpath%"

True, except the set command should have double quotes around it all as shown below
- because an & in the path will break the set command without them. You know that, I'm just spelling it out for the OP.

set "installpath=C:\some path\with & and spaces\"