"Unexpected Do"

[tiggyboo]

The following, from within a batch script:

echo for %%A in ("DM.txt") do if %%~zA equ 0 del DM.txt >> exec-ds.bat

Generates:

"do was unexpected at this time"

However if I run it manually, no error is generated and exec-ds.bat executes as expected. Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Al

[aGerman]

Try:

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>>"exec-ds.bat" echo for %%%%A in ("DM.txt") do if %%%%~zA equ 0 del "DM.txt"

Regards
aGerman

[trebor68]

If you want the text after the command echo in the file.
echo text >> exec.bat

Please double the sign "%" to "%%"

Here the code for your batch file:

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echo for %%%%A in ("DM.txt") do if %%%%~zA equ 0 del DM.txt >> exec-ds.bat

In the file "exec-ds.bat" can you see:

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for %%A in ("DM.txt") do if %%~zA equ 0 del DM.txt

I think that is the solution.