XPost: alt.msdos.batch.nt   
   From: NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com   
      
   In alt.msdos.batch.nt, on Sat, 25 Feb 2017 21:18:47 +0100, Herbert   
   Kleebauer  wrote:   
      
   >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%   
      
   I havent' figured out how yet, but that seems to have done it!  Thainks.   
      
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