Simplish Bat file issue.

StratosFear · 15th February 2010, 7:50 PM

I'm trying to write a very simple bat file that can be executed to automatically go through every *.avi on a CD/DVD that is inserted and copy them to my harddrive on my Media PC.

It basically, scans the DVD, creates a directory for each AVI on the disc and then copies it to the harddrive, if it doesn't already exist.

This works great for filenames without spaces. But if it has a space it only takes the filename up to the first space and then obviously doesn't copy correctly.

I can't find much info on how to get this to work....

It's basically 2 bat files.

The first one

Code:

for /f %%a IN ('dir /b/s e: *.avi') do C:\copyfile %%~da %%~sa %%~xa

Lists all the *.avi files with directory structure, then parses the drive, filename and extension to 'copyfile' bat which is below:

Code:

d:
cd "SD Movies"
IF EXIST %2 GOTO END
MD %2
ECHO COPYING %2 TO D:\SD MOVIES
COPY %1\%2%3 .\%2\
:END
ECHO %2 ALREADY EXISTS

So as I said if the filename has no spaces it works fine, but if it has spaces the %%~sa variable only pulls the first portion of the name...

Any ideas?

15th February 2010, 7:50 PM	#1
StratosFear Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 7,685	Simplish Bat file issue. I'm trying to write a very simple bat file that can be executed to automatically go through every .avi on a CD/DVD that is inserted and copy them to my harddrive on my Media PC. It basically, scans the DVD, creates a directory for each AVI on the disc and then copies it to the harddrive, if it doesn't already exist. This works great for filenames without spaces. But if it has a space it only takes the filename up to the first space and then obviously doesn't copy correctly. I can't find much info on how to get this to work.... It's basically 2 bat files. The first one Code: for /f %%a IN ('dir /b/s e: .avi') do C:\copyfile %%~da %%~sa %%~xa Lists all the *.avi files with directory structure, then parses the drive, filename and extension to 'copyfile' bat which is below: Code: d: cd "SD Movies" IF EXIST %2 GOTO END MD %2 ECHO COPYING %2 TO D:\SD MOVIES COPY %1\%2%3 .\%2\ :END ECHO %2 ALREADY EXISTS So as I said if the filename has no spaces it works fine, but if it has spaces the %%~sa variable only pulls the first portion of the name... Any ideas?