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Luca Matteis
Asked: 2010-08-21 01:25:54 +0800 CST

Batch syntax issue. Not quoting or escaping correctly?

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There's some syntax that I'm missing here. Running this batch file:

for /d %a in ("c:\Documents and Settings\*.*") do mkdir "%a\Application Data\vlc"
for /d %a in ("c:\Documents and Settings\*.*") do echo qt-privacy-ask=0 > "%a\Application Data\vlc\vlcrc"

And I get this output:

\Documents was unexpected at this time.
windows batch-file

2 Answers

  1. I found the issue... it seems like batch needs double %% for variables? Not sure but this worked:

    for /d %%a in ("c:\Documents and Settings\*.*") do (
    mkdir "%%a\Application Data\vlc"
    echo qt-privacy-ask=0 > "%%a\Application Data\vlc\vlcrc" 
)
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  2. Best Answer

    yeah you got it, official reference: microsoft

    FOR command

    Use %variable to carry out for from the command prompt. Use %%variable to carry out the for command within a batch file.

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