Hi,

Can anyone teach me how to get the string of the folder name from a directory path by DOS batch command?

For example: if the directory path is "d:\app program\test folder", how to extract the string "test folder"?

Thanks
thomasThis will provide the name of the current working directory.

Code: [Select]for /f "delims=" %%A in ('cd') do (
set foldername=%%~nxA
)

echo. Current Folder Name: %foldername%
Hello
C:\app program\test folder>cd \

C:\>dir /s foldertest.txt
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is F4A3-D6B3

Directory of C:\app program\test folder

10/01/2009 03:59 PM 9 foldertest.txt
1 File(s) 9 bytes

Total Files Listed:
1 File(s) 9 bytes
0 Dir(s) 306,328,834,048 bytes free

C:\>
C:\>type testextract.bat

REM To find the path to test folder,we place a file foldertest.txt in the folder
REM We then searched for that file to get the path string and extract
REM test folder ( the folder name we were after
REM We can USE any drive for drive D: We used C: drive
Code: [Select]@echo off
cd C:\app program\test folder\
echo CD = %CD%
cd \
echo CD = %CD%

dir /s foldertest.txt | findstr "Directory" > tmpFile.txt

echo type tmpFile.txt
type tmpFile.txt

set /P foldername= < tmpFile.txt

set foldername=%foldername:Directory of C:\app program\test folder=test folder%


echo foldername = %foldername%
Output:

C:\> testextract.bat

CD = C:\app program\test folder

CD = C:\

type tmpFile.txt

Directory of C:\app program\test folder

foldername = test folder
C:\>

REM
This line of code:

set foldername=%foldername:Directory of C:\app program\test folder=test folder%

was with the help of the following site for string manipulation:

http://www.dostips.com/DtTipsStringManipulation.php

but I can no longer reach the site.

We replaced one substring of a string with another string. In this case the substring was the complete string. The new string was the folder name.

A more generic batch file might use command arguments and the folder name would not be hard coded in the batch code.

Good luck Actually, my situation is a bit complicated.

I have to get the directory path (say "C:\app program\test folder") from user input and then extract the folder name (say "test folder") for further manipulation.

I think I have to store the path by a variable and then extract the sting by a for
loop.

But I don't know code for the process.

Here is my partial code:

@echo off
echo Please input the path of program files
set /p foldername=
rem then I need the code to manipulate the require field
pause
exit


Quote from: lwkt on October 01, 2009, 11:24:57 PM

Actually, my situation is a bit complicated.

I have to get the directory path (say "C:\app program\test folder") from user input and then extract the folder name (say "test folder") for further manipulation.

I think I have to store the path by a variable and then extract the sting by a for
loop.

But I don't know code for the process.

Here is my partial code:

@echo off
echo Please input the path of program files
set /p foldername=
rem then I need the code to manipulate the require field
pause
exit

I think assigning the path string to a variable is feasible step that I can use
FOR loop to extract the required field for manipulation. If so, I hope someone can tell me the way to extract the required string.

Thanks for Salmon's code. it solve my problem.

But may I know the reason to use the option "delims==" in
the FOR command?