I have a script which is passed only one parameter, I am issuing the _PARM as I see it being passed by some application for testing.  I am expecting a total of 6 PARAMETERS to be passed.  Now if for some reason if there is no sixth parameter, the "if" code for %%F DOES NOT GET executed, and it just drops through.  Any ideas how to address this?  I cannot used IF DEFINED, it does not work....  The quotes are required as shown in _PARM:

Code: [Select]SET _PARM=parm1 parm2 "file_renamed" "windows_path" "filename"
for /f "tokens=1-6* delims= " %%a in ("%_parm%") do (
    if "%%a"=="" (
       echo VAR1 missing
       goto :ShowUsage
    ) ELSE (
       SET VAR1=%%a
       echo VAR1 Defined: %VAR1%             >> %MAILLOG%
    )

    if "%%b"=="" (
       echo VAR2 missing
       goto :ShowUsage
    ) ELSE (
       echo VAR2 Defined: %VAR2%           >> %MAILLOG%
       SET VAR2=%%b
    )

    if "%%C"=="" (
       echo VAR3 missing
       goto :ShowUsage
    ) ELSE (
       SET VAR3=%%c
       echo VAR3 Defined: %VAR3%           >> %MAILLOG%
    )

    if "%%d"=="" (
       echo VAR4 missing
       goto :ShowUsage
    ) ELSE (
       SET VAR4=%%d
       echo VAR4 Defined: %VAR4%         >> %MAILLOG%
    )

    if "%%e"=="" (
       echo VAR5 missing
       goto :ShowUsage
    ) ELSE (
       SET VAR5=%%e
       echo VAR5 Defined: %VAR5%   >> %MAILLOG%
    )

    if "%%f"=="" (
       echo VAR6 missing
       goto :ShowUsage
    ) ELSE (
       SET VAR6=%%f
       echo VAR6 Defined: %VAR6%     >> %MAILLOG%
    )
)
...........  do some other stuff
You need DELAYED expansion to change/create a variable AND to use it within the loop.Thank you, issue resolved.