I have a little BATCH file that doesn't seem to recognize the long pathname. Looks like this...
for %%f in (c:\Matt Files\*.dwg) do START /WAIT "c:\Program Files\AutoCAD 2006\acad.exe" %%f /b c:\AutoCAD Ref\LSP Files and Script Routines\Sript File Routines\TitleBlockReplace.scr

I get an error message "Windows canot find 'c:\Matt'.
I'm new to this - sorry.Code: [Select]for %%f in ('dir /s /b "c:\Matt Files\*.dwg"') do START /WAIT "c:\Program Files\AutoCAD 2006\acad.exe" "%%f" /b "c:\AutoCAD Ref\LSP Files and Script Routines\Sript File Routines\TitleBlockReplace.scr"

Using quotes is recommended whenever the possibility exists that a path/filename will have embedded spaces.


I pasted your resonse - I got a response of...

Windows cannot find 'dir'
and then
Windows cannot find '/s'
and then
Windows cannot find '/b'

What else could be WRONG?



Rus7755Sorry about that:

Code: [Select]for /f %%f in ('dir /s /b "c:\Matt Files\*.dwg"') do START /WAIT "c:\Program Files\AutoCAD 2006\acad.exe" "%%f" /b "c:\AutoCAD Ref\LSP Files and Script Routines\Sript File Routines\TitleBlockReplace.scr"

Pasted it where? If using the code in a batch file, the code posted is CORRECT. If pasted at the command prompt, use single % symbols on the f variable (both of them).




I just pasted into notepad where the batch was written. I'm just double-clicking the file to execute it.

I don't understand the first /fdirectly after the FOR. Also the pathname for the directory of files to be used has a nest double quotes inside single quotes. Is that my mistake?


Thanks for the help,
Rus7755Quote

I don't understand the first /fdirectly after the FOR. Also the pathname for the directory of files to be used has a nest double quotes inside single quotes.