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Simple code

-----1.BAT-------
set outdir=%1
FOR /D %%F IN (%outdir%) (
set dir1=%%F
echo %dir1%
)
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I have c:\new
c:\new\1 <DIR>
c:\new\2 <DIR>
c:\new\3 <DIR>

when I execute it like this
C:\> 1.BAT \new\*.*

its assigning set dir1=\new\1
echo \new\3

set dir1=\new\2
echo \new\3

set dir1=\new\3
echo \new\3

Why is it not showing me \new\1 and \new\2 and \new\3 in the echo statements. Please help.

joev68,

The problem is that the command interpreter reads the whole FOR block, expands the %variables% and then executes the block, which means in your case the %dir1% will not be expanded for each directory found as you might expect but only once before the block is being executed.

Here two solutions:
1) use delayed expansion for variables:


2) force the command interpreter to expand the variable by opening a new command context:



DOS IT HELP?

Thats work well. Thank you so much.