Batch Folder_Set in For as Variable

[lmstearn]

Hi there to all the dedicated DOStippers reading this forum!

I posted this at Stackoverflow but got absolutely no answer to date.

The conundrum is the "folder_set", or "File_set" or folder/file lists part of a "For" command to be referred through a variable. Suppose we wish to define a folder set in the "For /D" by:

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SET "FOLDERSET=X* Y* Zee*"
and hope that something like

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for %%B in (!FOLDERSET!) do (

will produce the miracle of iterating through the arrays as actual folders rather than just a string array. It does appear to work when just using

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SET "FOLDERSET=*"

or

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SET "FOLDERSET=S*"

for folders beginning with "S" or

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SET "FOLDERSET=S* G*"

again for folders beginning with "S" with G* not iterated, but the original problem remains to set up the appropriate delimiters for above wildcard list. Any way possible?

[Squashman]

Are you saying you want to use a specific delimiter for your File or Folder set?

[lmstearn]

Are you saying you want to use a specific delimiter for your File or Folder set?

Yeah, well, anything to get it working really. But it's going to be awkward when just working with For /D.
It interprets the first non-spaced wildcard "X*" in FOLDERSET but ignores Y* Zee* when separated by space. Tried commas, semicolons etc no diff.

[ShadowThief]

What about splitting up the string first?

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@echo off

set "folderset=S* G* Z*"

for /f "tokens=* delims= " %%A in ("%folderset%") do (
   for /d %%B in (%%A) do echo %%B
)

[dbenham]

As I've posted in my StackOverflow answer, I don't understand what your problem is. It works just fine for me:

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@echo off
setlocal
set "folderset=s* x*"

echo Using normal expansion:
for /d %%F in (%folderset%) do @echo %%F
echo(

echo Using delayed expansion
setlocal enableDelayedExpansion
for /d %%F in (!folderset!) do @echo %%F

--OUTPUT--

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Using normal expansion:
SETA
size
snake
svnsave
svntest
xml
xyz

Using delayed expansion
SETA
size
snake
svnsave
svntest
xml
xyz

Dave Benham

[lmstearn]

That's a helpful hint. Here's the code (creating a directory somewhere called MYDIRFOUND):

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SET "FOLDERSET=D* G* S* T*"
Setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion

for %%T in (B C D E F G) do (
if exist %%T: (


cd /D %%T:
cd ..\..

REM Check this later
REM for /f "tokens=* delims= " %%C in ("%FOLDERSET%") do (

for /D %%C in (!FOLDERSET!) do (
REM This works beautifully!

Set "MYTEMP=%%~dpC"
If exist !MYTEMP! (
cd !MYTEMP!
echo !MYTEMP!
REM Unfortunately just echoes the drive letters of T
pause
)
for /D /R %%K in (%%C) do (


Set MYTEMP=%%K
SET _MYDIR=!MYTEMP:MYDIRFOUND=!

IF NOT !MYTEMP!==!_MYDIR! (
call SET "_MYDIR=%%~K"
echo !_MYDIR!
pause
goto MYDIRFOUND
)
)
)

REM DRIVE LOOP AND EXIST
)
)
goto eof
:MYDIRFOUND
echo success
pause

Something missed?

[lmstearn]

@Dave

The problem is when the nonexistent folders are first e.g. ""folderset=ZZ* XX* U*"
I could never get it doing U*

[dbenham]

@Dave

The problem is when the nonexistent folders are first e.g. ""folderset=ZZ* XX* U*"
I could never get it doing U*

I still don't see the problem.

I don't have any Q* folders in my directory, and everything works fine:

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@echo off
setlocal
set "folderset=q* s* x*"
for /d %%F in (%folderset%) do echo %%F

--OUTPUT--

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SETA
size
snake
svnsave
svntest
xml
xyz

Dave Benham

[lmstearn]

Well it's working now. Sort of. Dunno what's going on. All the above code works like a charm now. The one I posted has now the FOR /D back in.
Thanks!

Edit: what's slightly hackling is that with the following:

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Set "MYTEMP=%%~dpC"
If exist !MYTEMP! (
cd !MYTEMP!
echo !MYTEMP!

The above code only echoes the drive. Doesn't echo any of the iterated folders
Edit: Aargh %%~dpC is not needed as %%C is a path already!