Hello,

I'm tyring to run the command below to output filenames with a specific format to a text file. The script outputs a directory listing to a text file, it then does a dir listing on any subdirectories and finally it does a dir listing of files in those directories. We then output the VARIABLES returned to a text file to create a unique filename based on the directory listings. The issue I'm having is that I want to subtitute a variable for the top directory name RATHER than using the directory name itself.

Any ideas would be MUCH appreciated.


Example filename required - 130042008filename.tif from the variables - echo %var%%%b%%c

Current Filename returned - Directory name A30042008filename.tif from the variables echo %%a%%b%%c

del c:\filenames.txt
dir /b E:\ > c:\dir.txt
for /f "tokens=*" %%a in (
'type c:\dir.txt'
) do (
echo %%a
if %%a == Directory name A (
set var=1
echo %var%
dir /b "e:\%%a\Images\*" > c:\dates.txt
for /f "tokens=*" %%b in (
'type c:\dates.txt'
) do (
echo %%b
for /f "tokens=*" %%c in (
'dir /b "e:\%%a\Images\%%b\*"'
) do (
echo %var%
echo %%c
echo %var%%%b%%c >> c:\files2.txt ))

if %%a == Directory name B (
set var=2
echo %var%
dir /b "e:\%%a\Images\*" > c:\dates.txt
for /f "tokens=*" %%b in (
'type c:\dates.txt'
) do (
echo %%b
for /f "tokens=*" %%c in (
'dir /b "e:\%%a\Images\%%b\*"'
) do (
echo %var%
echo %%c
echo %var%%%b%%c >> c:\files2.txt ))

)
)You could try parsing the path using the backslash as a DELIMITER. This would break down the path into component parts which you can glue back together using just the drive and the top level directory.

Good luck.