I'm trying to set up an email alert (using blat) for a batch file and I've got most of it done. One thing remains.... I want to include the directory list in the body of the email, but am having trouble figuring out how to add the directory list into the variable that I'm using. I've found a few examples around the internet, but NONE of them seem to work.
Any ideas?This works on Win7.

Code: [Select]@echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion

::declare a as a veriable
set a=

::gets list of directory
for /F "delims=" %%A in ('DIR /b') do (
echo %%A >>dirlist.txt
)

::sets %a% equal to the list
for /f "delims=" %%G in (dirlist.txt) do (
set a=!a! / %%G
)
::deletes the temporary file
del /f dirlist.txt

::remove first '/'
set a=%a:~3,1000%

echo %a%
pause

output:
Code: [Select]C++.pif / countup.bat / Lawn.txt / League of Legends.lnk / LITTLE Busters English.lnk / Minecraft.lnk / Phantasy Star Online 2.lnk / Phantasy Star Online.lnk / SSC.txt / TechnicLauncher - Shortcut.lnk / test.bat
Thanks for the help. The code works for me too.
Now, how would I go about changing the / to a for email formatting? I've tried a few things, but even after working with batch files for several years, I still don't quite understand the syntax of the command line. :/
if you want the charicters '<\br>' you should be able to change 'echo !a! \ %%G' to 'echo !a! ^ %%G'Quote from: michaewlewis on September 11, 2012, 12:34:10 PM

I'm trying to set up an email alert (using blat) for a batch file and I've got most of it done. One thing remains.... I want to include the directory list in the body of the email, but am having trouble figuring out how to add the directory list into the variable that I'm using.

It might be worth pointing out that the HTML line-break element is either
or
, and never <br\>. If the email is a plain text format and not HTML format (or the email software interprets it as plain text), you will not get the line breaks you want and should use the character code(s) for a line break instead.

if you want the characters '<\br>' you should be able to change 'echo !a! \ %%G' to 'echo !a! ^<br\^> %%G'

Another way is to simply create a file containing the DIR list and attach it to the email using BLAT or get BLAT to include it as the body of the email.

dir /b >file.txt

Why would it return that when I run the ECHO statement? If I enter SET, and look through the list of used variables, test has the correct string, but I just can't use it for anything.....
What am I missing?

The string %test% contains a < character and a > character. You had to escape them to get them in there, but when you echo %test% the shell expands the variable and finds them. To stop that happening use quotes

Is there a way to remove the quotes from the output, while still ignoring the < and >?