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d4ndym1k3
d4ndym1k3

Reputation: 119

cmd.exe not incrementing number in for loop

I've been going around in circles for over an hour now, anyone tell me why this isn't working please?

I need to create an array of folders and with that array fire off a robocopy command

@echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
set str=%USERPROFILE%
set server=\\poppy
call set mod=%%str:C:=%server%%%
if not exist "%mod%" mkdir %mod%
set list= %mod%\Documents %mod%\Downloads
set counter=0
(for %%a in (%list%) do (
    echo.%%a
    set counter=counter+1
    echo.%counter%
))
pause

No matter what i try i can't increment the counter :-(

Upvotes: 1

Views: 470

Answers (1)

npocmaka
npocmaka

Reputation: 57242

@echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
set "str=%USERPROFILE%"
set "server=\\poppy"
call set "mod=%%str:C:=%server%%%"
if not exist "%mod%" mkdir %mod%
set "list= %mod%\Documents %mod%\Downloads"
set counter=0
setlocal enableDelayedExpansion
(for %%a in (%list%) do (
    echo.%%a
    set /a counter=counter+1
    echo.!counter!
))
endlocal
pause

For more information check this - http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2006/08/23/714650.aspx

For arithmetical with SET you need /A switch.

Upvotes: 4

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