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Posted: **03 Apr 2022 19:59**

Hello Forum users,

I copied the batch function MakeAbsolute https://www.dostips.com/DtCodeCmdLib.php#MakeAbsolute and stored it in file MakeAbsolute-Original.cmd.

I called it from Test-Original.cmd containing the following code:

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set "testFilename=def.txt"
call MakeAbsolute-Original.cmd testFilename "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio"

Both CMD files are stored in directory C:\xxx.

When running I get the output:

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C:\xxx>Test-Original.cmd

C:\xxx>set "testFilename=def.txt"

C:\xxx>call MakeAbsolute-Original.cmd testFilename "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio"

C:\xxx>SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION

C:\xxx>set "src=testFilename"

C:\xxx>if defined testFilename set "src=!testFilename!"

C:\xxx>set "bas=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio"

C:\xxx>if not defined bas set "bas=C:\xxx"

C:\xxx>for /F "tokens=*" %a in ("C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio.\def.txt") do set "src=%~fa"

C:\xxx>set "src=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\def.txt"
"\Microsoft" kann syntaktisch an dieser Stelle nicht verarbeitet werden.

C:\xxx>    IF defined testFilename (SET testFilename=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\def.txt) ELSE ECHO.C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\def.txt

C:\xxx>

CMD.EXE complains about a syntax error.

My system environment is:

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Windows version:   Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19044.1586]
Product name:      Windows 10 Pro
Processor arch:    AMD64 and 64 bit Windows

Date format:       dd/mm/yy =  04.04.2022
Time format:       24 hours =   3:24:09,29
Extensions:        system:Enabled   user:Enabled 
Delayed expansion: system:Disabled  user:Disabled
Locale name:       de-DE      Code Pages:   OEM 850     ANSI 1252
DIR  format:       31.03.2022  15:42     8.589.934.592 pagefile.sys

I think the error is related to the combination of (, ) and space characters "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio". Unfortunatly this is the default installion path for Visual Studio. And therefore I would be really happy if you can help me to fix the issue.

Do you have any ideas?

Kind Regards
Thomas

Posted: **04 Apr 2022 11:13**

Turns out that the parentheses in the path make it fail. A quotet assignment at the end should avoid this problem.

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    IF defined %1 (SET "%~1=%src%") ELSE ECHO."%src%"

Steffen

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