XPost: alt.msdos.batch.nt   
   From: klee@unibwm.de   
      
   On 25.02.2017 20:17, micky wrote:   
   >   
   > Is there a a symbolic variable that specifies part of the path?   
   > Specifically the last node (are they called nodes?).  That is, if it's   
   > C:\programs\housework\tuesday\ironing.exe  I want to get \tuesday\  with   
   > or without slashes.   
   >   
   > It's not necessarily 8 characters long, or any other predictable length,   
   > but I could use all the characters after the next-to-last slash, if   
   > there's a way to do that.   
      
      
   @echo off   
   set a=C:\programs\housework\tuesday\ironing.exe   
      
   for %%i in (%a%)    do set b=%%~dpi   
   for %%i in (%a%\..) do set c=%%~dpi   
   call set d=%%b:%c%=\%%   
      
   echo %a%   
   echo %b%   
   echo %c%   
   echo %d%   
      
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