Question

I need to generate an xml from windows command prompt using the forfiles command.

I’m not so far, but the variable contains quotes and i don’t want it …

Here my current command:

%FF_CMD% /c "cmd /c if @isdir==TRUE echo ^<root^>^<dir^>@fname^</dir^>^</root^>"

the result is:

<root><dir>"DIRNAME"</dir></root>

but i want this:

<root><dir>DIRNAME</dir></root>

any idea ?

thanks in advance

Answer 1

You can create additional batch file, say “echoxml.bat”. This will allow to use ~ notation to strip quotes:

@echo off
echo ^<root^>^<dir^>%~1^</dir^>^</root^>

and then use the batch file in forfiles:

%FF_CMD% /c "cmd /c if @isdir==TRUE echoxml.bat @fname"

EDIT:
Another option would be to change forfiles to for, or even for /d if it is possible (I do not know what arguments you use in %FF_CMD%):

@echo off
for /d %%A in (*) do echo ^<root^>^<dir^>%%~A^</dir^>^</root^>