Re: not working but with this script, it proves CMD not only have %CD% unchanged, but really not changing "current directory" by CD/CHDIR: Code: @echo off setlocal enabledelayedexpansion for /R %%i in (.) do call :disprpath "%%~i" endlocal GOTO :EOF rem sub disprpath(filename) :disprpath cd call :rpath "%~1" echo rpath = %rpath% GOTO :EOF rem sub rpath(filename) OUT: %rpath% :rpath rem debug print %1 here echo (rpath: %1) echo (CD in rpath: %CD%) SET rpath=%~1 set rpath=!rpath:%CD%\=! GOTO :EOF CMD: H:\test>forx.bat H:\test (rpath: "H:\test\.") (CD in rpath: H:\test) rpath = . H:\test (rpath: "H:\test\dir1\.") (CD in rpath: H:\test) rpath = dir1\. H:\test (rpath: "H:\test\dir1\dir1-1\.") (CD in rpath: H:\test) rpath = dir1\dir1-1\. H:\test (rpath: "H:\test\dir2\.") (CD in rpath: H:\test) rpath = dir2\. TCC: [H:\test]forx.bat H:\test (rpath: "H:\test\.") (CD in rpath: H:\test) rpath = . H:\test\dir1 (rpath: "H:\test\dir1\.") (CD in rpath: H:\test\dir1) rpath = . H:\test\dir1\dir1-1 (rpath: "H:\test\dir1\dir1-1\.") (CD in rpath: H:\test\dir1\dir1-1) rpath = . H:\test\dir2 (rpath: "H:\test\dir2\.") (CD in rpath: H:\test\dir2) rpath = .
Re: not working I'll agree with you for TCC style variables. *BUT* not with CMD's !var! style delayed variables.
Re: not working The delayed expansion isn't relevant. I have no intention of duplicating this tortured syntax, because: 1) It's undocumented by Microsoft (and IMO is more likely to be a bug than a feature) 2) It's exceptionally goofy 3) It's completely useless, as there's a simpler, documented, and actually used syntax that works in both CMD and TCC: Set _html=^^^<title^^^>Hello world ^^^</title^^^> Echo %_html% TCC also has an even simpler solution: Echo `<title>Hello world </title>` Rex Conn JP Software
