Space within path and FOR

[Exolon]

Hi,

I'm trying following (example):

set SPATH=G:\My Dropbox\Dropbox
for /F %%I in ("%SPATH%\bootloader.img") do @echo bootloader.img %%~tI

and expecting:
bootloader.img 28.06.13 14:24

but I get a 'file not found' on "G:\My".

How do I use spaces within a path in this context?

Thanks

Exo

 

[Joe Caverly]

How do I use spaces within a path in this context?

Thanks

Exo

One option is the @QUOTE function.

Example;

set SPATH=%@quote[G:\My Dropbox\Dropbox]

Look in the help file for the @QUOTE function.

Joe

 

[Exolon]

Hi Joe,

thanks for you reply, but unfortunately your tip does not work. The result is the same as in my example (file not found on "G:\My")

Exo

 

[vefatica]

"tokens=*" should fix the problem with the space (which you'd also have with CMD), but that seems to be broken in TCC. Here's a simple one in CMD.

C:\Users\vefatica> for /F "tokens=*" %a in ("v:\a b.txt") do echo %a
 
C:\Users\vefatica> echo v:\a b.txt
v:\a b.txt

And here it is in TCC.

v:\> for /F "tokens=*" %a in ("v:\a b.txt") do echo %a
ECHO is OFF

It's hard to tell if the "~t" will work. It does in CMD:

C:\Users\vefatica> for /F "tokens=*" %a in ("v:\a b.txt") do echo %~ta
 
C:\Users\vefatica> echo 2013-06-28 09:52
2013-06-28 09:52

 

[vefatica]

P.S. The quotes here "%SPATH%\bootloader.img" tell FOR that it's a string as opposed to a file to read. They don't group it into a single token. So you will have to use "tokens=*" (if it works) to get the whole string returned in one variable.