i have a batch file scripted which makes a backup of some of my mysql database tables and saves them in a new created folder with this pattern as name: "date_time" so as example "23.06.2016_1050".
So i have another batch file which imports every *.sql file in a specific folder back to my database.
What i want to do is, writing a batch which automaticly selects the latest folder and then runs my part of code in that.
Here is my batch code:
cd c:\server\backup\character_data
FOR %%X IN (*.sql) DO ECHO Importing %%X & "C:\Program Files\MariaDB 10.1\bin\mysql" dspdb -h localhost -u root -p 123456789 < %%X
So i need to cd a %variable% which contains the name of the folder with the latest date and time pattern as its name.
So this:
cd c:\server\backup\character_data\%variable%
would be:
cd c:\server\backup\character_data\23.06.2016_1050
Does anyone knows how to get the desired folder name as variable somehow?
I really hope that i explained it good enough and someone can help me with that.
Thx in advance! :)
This will get the most recent folder in c:\server\backup\character_data with the full file path, so no need to do cd c:\server\backup\character_data\%variable%, instead it would be cd %a%
If you don't want the full directory of the folder then remove the /s from the dir command
#echo off
cd /d "c:\server\backup\character_data"
FOR /F "delims=" %%i IN ('dir /b /s /ad-h /t:c /od') DO SET a=%%i
::Do what you want with your folder, call it with %a%
I need to write a script to work in Windows, that when executed will run a command in some of sub-directories, but unfortunately I have never done anything in batch, and I don't know where to start.
With the example structure of folders:
\root
\one
\two
\three
\four
I want the script to enter the specified folders (e.g. only 'one' and 'four') and then run some command inside every child directories of that folders.
If you could provide any help, maybe some basic tutorial or just names of the commands I will need, I would be very grateful.
You can tell the batch to iterate directories:
for /d %i in (C:\temp\*) do ( cd "%i" & *enter your command here* )
Use a percent sign when run directly on the command line, two when run from a batch
In a batch this would look something like this:
#echo off
set back=%cd%
for /d %%i in (C:\temp\*) do (
cd "%%i"
echo current directory:
cd
pause
)
cd %back%
Put the commands you need in the lines between ( and ).
If you replace C:\temp\ with %1 you can tell the batch to take the value of the directory from the first parameter when you call it.
Depending of the amount of directories you then either call the batch for each directory or read them from a list:
for /f %i in (paths.lst) do call yourbatch %i
The paths.lstwill look like this:
C:\
D:\
Y:\
C:\foo
All of this is written from memory, so you might need to add some quotations marks ;-)
Please note that this will only process the first level of directories, that means no child folders of a selected child folder.
You should take a look at this. The command you are looking for is FOR /R. Looks something like this:
FOR /R "C:\SomePath\" %%F IN (.) DO (
some command
)
I like answer of Marged that has been defined as BEST answer (I vote up), but this answer has a big inconvenience.
When DOS command between ( and ) contains some errors, the error message returned by DOS is not very explicit.
For information, this message is
) was unexpected at this time.
To avoid this situation, I propose the following solution :
#echo off
pushd .
for /d %%i in (.\WorkingTime\*.txt) do call :$DoSomething "%%i"
popd
pause
exit /B
::**************************************************
:$DoSomething
::**************************************************
echo current directory: %1
cd %1
echo current directory: %cd%
cd ..
exit /B
The FOR loop call $DoSomething "method" for each directory found passing DIR-NAME has a parameter. Caution: doublequote are passed to %1 parameter in $DoSomething method.
The exit /B command is used to indicate END of method and not END of script.
The result on my PC where I have 2 folders in c:\Temp folder is
D:\#Atos\Prestations>call test.bat
current directory: ".\New folder"
current directory: D:\#Atos\Prestations\New folder
current directory: ".\WorkingTime"
current directory: D:\#Atos\Prestations\WorkingTime
Press any key to continue . . .
Caution: in Margeds answer, usage of cd "%%i" is incorrect when folder is relative (folder with . or ..).
Why, because the script goto first folder and when it is in first folder it request to goto second folder FROM first folder !
On Windows 10 and later, it should be like this:
#echo off
for /D %%G in ("C:\MyFolderToLookIn\*") DO (
echo %%~nxG
)
This will show the name of each folder in "C:\MyFolderToLookIn". Double quotes are required.
If you want to show full path of the folder, change echo %%~nxG with echo %%G
I made an exe that has embedded files in it like a portable 7zip (7za.exe) and I want to call to it in the batch script that I am compiling into an exe but when I do it just gives me "7za.exe" is not recognized as an internal or external command. If I left anything out just ask.
(Sorry if this is an easy fix I am just messing around with some basic code)
This is the code I am working with and exe is in releases tab.
https://github.com/iamtis/mass-extract
Let us look on batch file with some additional lines at top:
#echo off
echo Current working directory is: %CD%
echo Directory of batch file is: %~dp0
pause
echo Files in current working directory:
dir /A-D /B
pause
echo Files in directory of batch file:
dir /A-D /B "%~dp0"
pause
I suppose that the current working directory is not equal the directory of the batch file and the tools are in the directory of the batch file. I suppose the batch file directory is a subdirectory with random name in %TEMP%.
So what you most likely need is:
#echo off
set "ToolPath=%~dp0"
if not exist "%CD%\archive\*" md "%CD%\archive"
"%ToolPath%7za.exe" x "%CD%\*.zip" "%CD%\archive\"
"%ToolPath%7za.exe" x "%CD%\*.7z" "%CD%\archive\"
"%ToolPath%unrar.exe" x "%CD%\*.rar" "%CD%\archive\"
"%ToolPath%7za.exe" a -mx9 archive.7z "%CD%\archive\"
rd /S /Q "%CD%\archive"
set "ToolPath="
This is my first batch file, and also my first time with batch language (I usually use UNIX and don't know a lot about Windows commands).
I'm creating a batch file called install.bat which does all the work to install a Java application from source files. Here a snapshot of the install section:
#ECHO off
SET INSTALL_DIR=%1\
SET SRC_DIR=sources\
SET LIB_DIR=lib\
SET IMG_DIR=img\
SET BIN_DIR=bin\
SET INIT_DIR=%CD%
SET MAIN_CLASS=%SRC_DIR%\main\Main.java
SET CLASS_PATH=%LIB_DIR%log4j.jar;%LIB_DIR%jdom.jar;
SET JAR_NOM=myApp.jar
SET JAR_MF=MANIFEST.MF
:BEGIN
CLS
ECHO Checking directory...
IF EXIST %INSTALL_DIR% (
GOTO Ask_Overwrite
) ELSE (
GOTO Install
)
:Ask_overwrite
SET OVERW=Y
SET /P OVERW="The program is already installed. Overwrite? ([Y]/N): "
IF %OVERW%==N GOTO Cancel
IF %OVERW%==n GOTO Cancel
IF %OVERW%==Y (
RD /S /Q %INSTALL_DIR% <--- Here was the error
GOTO Install
)
IF %OVERW%==y (
RD /S /Q %INSTALL_DIR% <--- Here was the error
GOTO Install
)
GOTO Ask_overwrite
:Install
MD %INSTALL_DIR%
XCOPY . %INSTALL_DIR% /E
CD /D %INSTALL_DIR%
MD %BIN_DIR%
ECHO Compiling...
javac -cp %CLASS_PATH% -sourcepath %SRC_DIR% %MAIN_CLASS% -d %BIN_DIR%
ECHO Creating JAR file...
jar cfm %JAR_NOM% %JAR_MF% -C %BIN_DIR% .
ECHO Succes! The application has been installed in %INSTALL_DIR%
GOTO CleanUp
:Abort
ECHO Abort! The application has not been installed.
GOTO CleanUp
:Cancel
ECHO Canceled by user. The application has not been installed.
GOTO END
:Cleanup
REM Code for clean up
GOTO END
:END
CD /D %INIT_DIR%
PAUSE
NOTE: The javac and jar commands are correct, at least work in my machine.
Well, the script works correctly when I test it with the INSTALL_DIR belonging to the same drive where I execute it, but if I use a target directory out of the drive where I'm executing, I have problems.
Executions without problems (called in a cmd.exe session):
C:\Users\TC\testInstall> install.bat .\..\installTarget
C:\Users\TC\testInstall> install.bat C:\Users\TC\installTarget
Execution with problems (called in a cmd.exe session):
C:\Users\TC\testInstall> install.bat D:\Documents\installTarget
The problems happen when I try to copy files specially, but also making and removing directories.
I hope someone can tell to me which options I must use in order to fix the problems.
Regards!
Well, I have two mistakes that I fixed and then the script work correctly.
The first was that I didn't use the /d option in cd command in order to change also the drive unit. It means, C:Users\TC> cd D:\Documents is wrong, the correct command is the following: C:Users\TC> cd /d D:\Documents as well as the MS-DOS manual page indicates.
The second error, it wasn't actually an error, I put rm -rf %INSTALL_DIR% (like in Linux) instead of the correct Windows command rd /s/q %INSTALL_DIR%
Now all the problems have been fixed and the script works properly :)
It has to do with batch files not accessing other drives than the C:\ drive by default. Even if you open up your command line, you shouldn't be able to CD D:\. Try this (not sure if this will work as I have never tried it)
PUSHD D:\
C:\Users\TC\testInstall> install.bat D:\Documents\installTarget
Or else, use PUSHD D:\ then move the install file to D:\ temporarily and install. Only solutions I can think of.
Is there any way to find out if a file is a directory?
I have the file name in a variable. In Perl I can do this:
if(-d $var) { print "it's a directory\n" }
This works:
if exist %1\* echo Directory
Works with directory names that contains spaces:
C:\>if exist "c:\Program Files\*" echo Directory
Directory
Note that the quotes are necessary if the directory contains spaces:
C:\>if exist c:\Program Files\* echo Directory
Can also be expressed as:
C:\>SET D="C:\Program Files"
C:\>if exist %D%\* echo Directory
Directory
This is safe to try at home, kids!
Recently failed with different approaches from the above. Quite sure they worked in the past, maybe related to dfs here. Now using the files attributes and cut first char
#echo off
SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS
set ATTR=%~a1
set DIRATTR=%ATTR:~0,1%
if /I "%DIRATTR%"=="d" echo %1 is a folder
:EOF
You can do it like so:
IF EXIST %VAR%\NUL ECHO It's a directory
However, this only works for directories without spaces in their names. When you add quotes round the variable to handle the spaces it will stop working. To handle directories with spaces, convert the filename to short 8.3 format as follows:
FOR %%i IN (%VAR%) DO IF EXIST %%~si\NUL ECHO It's a directory
The %%~si converts %%i to an 8.3 filename. To see all the other tricks you can perform with FOR variables enter HELP FOR at a command prompt.
(Note - the example given above is in the format to work in a batch file. To get it work on the command line, replace the %% with % in both places.)
Further to my previous offering, I find this also works:
if exist %1\ echo Directory
No quotes around %1 are needed because the caller will supply them.
This saves one entire keystroke over my answer of a year ago ;-)
Here's a script that uses FOR to build a fully qualified path, and then pushd to test whether the path is a directory. Notice how it works for paths with spaces, as well as network paths.
#echo off
if [%1]==[] goto usage
for /f "delims=" %%i in ("%~1") do set MYPATH="%%~fi"
pushd %MYPATH% 2>nul
if errorlevel 1 goto notdir
goto isdir
:notdir
echo not a directory
goto exit
:isdir
popd
echo is a directory
goto exit
:usage
echo Usage: %0 DIRECTORY_TO_TEST
:exit
Sample output with the above saved as "isdir.bat":
C:\>isdir c:\Windows\system32
is a directory
C:\>isdir c:\Windows\system32\wow32.dll
not a directory
C:\>isdir c:\notadir
not a directory
C:\>isdir "C:\Documents and Settings"
is a directory
C:\>isdir \
is a directory
C:\>isdir \\ninja\SharedDocs\cpu-z
is a directory
C:\>isdir \\ninja\SharedDocs\cpu-z\cpuz.ini
not a directory
This works perfectly
if exist "%~1\" echo Directory
we need to use %~1 to remove quotes from %1, and add a backslash at end. Then put thw whole into qutes again.
CD returns an EXIT_FAILURE when the specified directory does not exist. And you got conditional processing symbols, so you could do like the below for this.
SET cd_backup=%cd%
(CD "%~1" && CD %cd_backup%) || GOTO Error
:Error
CD %cd_backup%
A variation of #batchman61's approach (checking the Directory attribute).
This time I use an external 'find' command.
(Oh, and note the && trick. This is to avoid the long boring IF ERRORLEVEL syntax.)
#ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL EnableExtensions
ECHO.%~a1 | find "d" >NUL 2>NUL && (
ECHO %1 is a directory
)
Outputs yes on:
Directories.
Directory symbolic links or junctions.
Broken directory symbolic links or junctions. (Doesn't try to resolve links.)
Directories which you have no read permission on (e.g. "C:\System Volume Information")
The NUL technique seems to only work on 8.3 compliant file names.
(In other words, `D:\Documents and Settings` is "bad" and `D:\DOCUME~1` is "good")
I think there is some difficulty using the "NUL" tecnique when there are SPACES in the directory name, such as "Documents and Settings."
I am using Windows XP service pack 2 and launching the cmd prompt from %SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe
Here are some examples of what DID NOT work and what DOES WORK for me:
(These are all demonstrations done "live" at an interactive prompt. I figure that you should get things to work there before trying to debug them in a script.)
This DID NOT work:
D:\Documents and Settings>if exist "D:\Documents and Settings\NUL" echo yes
This DID NOT work:
D:\Documents and Settings>if exist D:\Documents and Settings\NUL echo yes
This DOES work (for me):
D:\Documents and Settings>cd ..
D:\>REM get the short 8.3 name for the file
D:\>dir /x
Volume in drive D has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 34BE-F9C9
Directory of D:\
09/25/2008 05:09 PM <DIR> 2008
09/25/2008 05:14 PM <DIR> 200809~1.25 2008.09.25
09/23/2008 03:44 PM <DIR> BOOST_~3 boost_repo_working_copy
09/02/2008 02:13 PM 486,128 CHROME~1.EXE ChromeSetup.exe
02/14/2008 12:32 PM <DIR> cygwin
[[Look right here !!!! ]]
09/25/2008 08:34 AM <DIR> DOCUME~1 Documents and Settings
09/11/2008 01:57 PM 0 EMPTY_~1.TXT empty_testcopy_file.txt
01/21/2008 06:58 PM <DIR> NATION~1 National Instruments Downloads
10/12/2007 11:25 AM <DIR> NVIDIA
05/13/2008 09:42 AM <DIR> Office10
09/19/2008 11:08 AM <DIR> PROGRA~1 Program Files
12/02/1999 02:54 PM 24,576 setx.exe
09/15/2008 11:19 AM <DIR> TEMP
02/14/2008 12:26 PM <DIR> tmp
01/21/2008 07:05 PM <DIR> VXIPNP
09/23/2008 12:15 PM <DIR> WINDOWS
02/21/2008 03:49 PM <DIR> wx28
02/29/2008 01:47 PM <DIR> WXWIDG~2 wxWidgets
3 File(s) 510,704 bytes
20 Dir(s) 238,250,901,504 bytes free
D:\>REM now use the \NUL test with the 8.3 name
D:\>if exist d:\docume~1\NUL echo yes
yes
This works, but it's sort of silly, because the dot already implies i am in a directory:
D:\Documents and Settings>if exist .\NUL echo yes
I use this:
if not [%1] == [] (
pushd %~dpn1 2> nul
if errorlevel == 1 pushd %~dp1
)
This works and also handles paths with spaces in them:
dir "%DIR%" > NUL 2>&1
if not errorlevel 1 (
echo Directory exists.
) else (
echo Directory does not exist.
)
Probably not the most efficient but easier to read than the other solutions in my opinion.
A very simple way is to check if the child exists.
If a child does not have any child, the exist command will return false.
IF EXIST %1\. (
echo %1 is a folder
) else (
echo %1 is a file
)
You may have some false negative if you don't have sufficient access right (I have not tested it).
If you can cd into it, it's a directory:
set cwd=%cd%
cd /D "%1" 2> nul
#IF %errorlevel%==0 GOTO end
cd /D "%~dp1"
#echo This is a file.
#goto end2
:end
#echo This is a directory
:end2
#REM restore prior directory
#cd %cwd%
Based on this article titled "How can a batch file test existence of a directory" it's "not entirely reliable".
BUT I just tested this:
#echo off
IF EXIST %1\NUL goto print
ECHO not dir
pause
exit
:print
ECHO It's a directory
pause
and it seems to work
Here's my solution:
REM make sure ERRORLEVEL is 0
TYPE NUL
REM try to PUSHD into the path (store current dir and switch to another one)
PUSHD "insert path here..." >NUL 2>&1
REM if ERRORLEVEL is still 0, it's most definitely a directory
IF %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 0 command...
REM if needed/wanted, go back to previous directory
POPD
I would like to post my own function script about this subject hope to be useful for someone one day.
#pushd %~dp1
#if not exist "%~nx1" (
popd
exit /b 0
) else (
if exist "%~nx1\*" (
popd
exit /b 1
) else (
popd
exit /b 3
)
)
This batch script checks if file/folder is exist and if it is a file or a folder.
Usage:
script.bat "PATH"
Exit code(s):
0: file/folder doesn't exist.
1: exists, and it is a folder.
3: exists, and it is a file.
Under Windows 7 and XP, I can't get it to tell files vs. dirs on mapped drives. The following script:
#echo off
if exist c:\temp\data.csv echo data.csv is a file
if exist c:\temp\data.csv\ echo data.csv is a directory
if exist c:\temp\data.csv\nul echo data.csv is a directory
if exist k:\temp\nonexistent.txt echo nonexistent.txt is a file
if exist k:\temp\something.txt echo something.txt is a file
if exist k:\temp\something.txt\ echo something.txt is a directory
if exist k:\temp\something.txt\nul echo something.txt is a directory
produces:
data.csv is a file
something.txt is a file
something.txt is a directory
something.txt is a directory
So beware if your script might be fed a mapped or UNC path. The pushd solution below seems to be the most foolproof.
This is the code that I use in my BATCH files
```
#echo off
set param=%~1
set tempfile=__temp__.txt
dir /b/ad > %tempfile%
set isfolder=false
for /f "delims=" %%i in (temp.txt) do if /i "%%i"=="%param%" set isfolder=true
del %tempfile%
echo %isfolder%
if %isfolder%==true echo %param% is a directory
```
Here is my solution after many tests with if exist, pushd, dir /AD, etc...
#echo off
cd /d C:\
for /f "delims=" %%I in ('dir /a /ogn /b') do (
call :isdir "%%I"
if errorlevel 1 (echo F: %%~fI) else echo D: %%~fI
)
cmd/k
:isdir
echo.%~a1 | findstr /b "d" >nul
exit /b %errorlevel%
:: Errorlevel
:: 0 = folder
:: 1 = file or item not found
It works with files that have no extension
It works with folders named folder.ext
It works with UNC path
It works with double-quoted full path or with just the dirname or filename only.
It works even if you don't have read permissions
It works with Directory Links (Junctions).
It works with files whose path contains a Directory Link.
One issue with using %%~si\NUL method is that there is the chance that it guesses wrong. Its possible to have a filename shorten to the wrong file. I don't think %%~si resolves the 8.3 filename, but guesses it, but using string manipulation to shorten the filepath. I believe if you have similar file paths it may not work.
An alternative method:
dir /AD %F% 2>&1 | findstr /C:"Not Found">NUL:&&(goto IsFile)||(goto IsDir)
:IsFile
echo %F% is a file
goto done
:IsDir
echo %F% is a directory
goto done
:done
You can replace (goto IsFile)||(goto IsDir) with other batch commands:
(echo Is a File)||(echo is a Directory)
If your objective is to only process directories then this will be useful.
This is taken from the https://ss64.com/nt/for_d.html
Example... List every subfolder, below the folder C:\Work\ that has a name starting with "User":
CD \Work
FOR /D /r %%G in ("User*") DO Echo We found
FOR /D or FOR /D /R
#echo off
cd /d "C:\your directory here"
for /d /r %%A in ("*") do echo We found a folder: %%~nxA
pause
Remove /r to only go one folder deep. The /r switch is recursive and undocumented in the command below.
The for /d help taken from command for /?
FOR /D %variable IN (set) DO command [command-parameters]
If set contains wildcards, then specifies to match against directory
names instead of file names.
I was looking for this recently as well, and had stumbled upon a solution which has worked for me, but I do not know of any limitations it has (as I have yet to discover them). I believe this answer is similar in nature to TechGuy's answer above, but I want to add another level of viability. Either way, I have had great success expanding the argument into a full fledged file path, and I believe you have to use setlocal enableextensions for this to work properly.
Using below I can tell if a file is a directory, or opposite. A lot of this depends on what the user is actually needing. If you prefer to work with a construct searching for errorlevel vs && and || in your work you can of course do so. Sometimes an if construct for errorlevel can give you a little more flexibility since you do not have to use a GOTO command which can sometimes break your environment conditions.
#Echo Off
setlocal enableextensions
Dir /b /a:D "%~f1" && Echo Arg1 is a Folder || Echo Arg1 is NOT a Folder
Dir /b /a:-D "%~f1" && Echo Arg1 is a File || Echo Arg1 is NOT a File
pause
Using this you could simply drag and drop your file(s) onto the tool you are building to parse them out. Conversely, if you are using other means to comb your file structure and you already have the file and are not dragging/dropping them onto the batch file, you could implement this:
#Echo Off
setlocal enableextensions
Dir /b /s "C:\SomeFolderIAmCombing\*" >"%~dp0SomeFiletogoThroughlater.txt"
For /f "Usebackq Delims=" %%a in ("%~dp0SomeFiletogoThroughlater.txt") do (
Call:DetectDir "%%a"
)
REM Do some stuff after parsing through Files/Directories if needed.
REM GOTO:EOF below is used to skip all the subroutines below.
REM Using ' CALL:DetectDir "%%a" ' with the for loop keeps the for
REM loop environment running in the background while still parsing the given file
REM in a clean environment where GOTO and other commmands do not need Variable Expansion.
GOTO:EOF
:DetectDir [File or Folder being checked]
REM Checks if Arg1 is a Directory. If yes, go to Dir coding. If not, go to File coding.
Dir /b /a:D "%~f1" && Echo Arg1 is a Folder & GOTO:IsDir || Echo Arg1 is NOT a Folder & GOTO:IsFile
REM Checks if Arg1 is NOT a Directory. If Yes, go to File coding. If not, go to Dir coding
Dir /b /a:-D "%~f1" && Echo Arg1 is a File & GOTO:IsFile || Echo Arg1 is NOT a File & GOTO:IsDir
:IsDir
REM Do your stuff to the Folder
GOTO:EOF
:IsFile
REM do your stuff to the File
GOTO:EOF
Can't we just test with this :
IF [%~x1] == [] ECHO Directory
It seems to work for me.