That is so cool. I did a google search and that did not help.
D
On Dec 3, 2008, at 5:48 PM, "Clay Helberg" <chelberg@terraxml.com>
wrote:
> It means, “for parameter i, extract the name part of the path (i.e.
> the filename minus the extension). So, if %i = “C:\sgml
> \foo.sgml”, %~ni = “foo”.
>
>
>
> There are all sorts of variants of this to grab different parts of
> the file path from a parameter in a batch file. %~di gives the drive
> letter, %~pi gives the path (not including the drive or the
> filename), %~xi gives the extension, etc. You can also combine them,
> e.g. %~dpi gives the drive letter and path of the file (without the
> filename).
>
>
>
> To see all the possible options, open a command prompt window in
> Windows and type “help for”, then scroll down to the end of the
> help file.
>
>
>
> --Clay (whose DOS knowledge reveals his age)
>
>
>
> Clay Helberg
>
> Senior Consultant
>
> TerraXML
>
>
>
D
On Dec 3, 2008, at 5:48 PM, "Clay Helberg" <chelberg@terraxml.com>
wrote:
> It means, “for parameter i, extract the name part of the path (i.e.
> the filename minus the extension). So, if %i = “C:\sgml
> \foo.sgml”, %~ni = “foo”.
>
>
>
> There are all sorts of variants of this to grab different parts of
> the file path from a parameter in a batch file. %~di gives the drive
> letter, %~pi gives the path (not including the drive or the
> filename), %~xi gives the extension, etc. You can also combine them,
> e.g. %~dpi gives the drive letter and path of the file (without the
> filename).
>
>
>
> To see all the possible options, open a command prompt window in
> Windows and type “help for”, then scroll down to the end of the
> help file.
>
>
>
> --Clay (whose DOS knowledge reveals his age)
>
>
>
> Clay Helberg
>
> Senior Consultant
>
> TerraXML
>
>
>