Question

I have a for loop in a batch file:

@echo off
set logpath1=C:\path\to\first\log
set logpath2=C:\path\to\second\log
FOR %%G IN (%logpath1% %logpath2%) DO (
  pushd %%G
  pushd ..\
  for %%D IN (%CD%) DO SET "dirname=%%~nxD"
  popd
  echo Will prefix files in %%G with %supername%
  :: do operations.
  popd
)

However, this doesn’t seem to change my working directory. If I run the script from

C:\tmp\path\to

then I get

Will prefix files in C:\path\to\first\log with tmp
Will prefix files in C:\path\to\second\log with tmp 

My purpose is to zip up log files in multiple directories. I’ve tried chdir, cd /d, and &~pd0 instead of %CD%, and searched high and low. Can anyone tell my why this doesn’t work??

Answer 1

Put

setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

at the top of your batch file and use !CD! instead of %CD% in the loop. Depending on where %supername% is set you may need to use ! there too.