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davidtgq
davidtgq

Reputation: 4010

FORFILES Invalid argument/option

I've tried adding quotation marks around filepaths, and replacing quotation marks with 0x22. Also tried other variables and they all return the same kind of error. Tried one equal, two equals, all capitals... Everything looks right, but I don't understand why it's not working, would appreciate any help. Thanks.

set source=N:\Movies\
set target=M:\Movies\

forfiles /P "%source%" /C "cmd /c if @isdir==TRUE ( mklink /d 0x22%target%\@file\0x22 @path ) else ( mklink 0x22%target%\@file\0x22 @path )"

This is the error:

ERROR: Invalid argument/option – '@isdir==TRUE'.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 7550

Answers (2)

Sum None
Sum None

Reputation: 2299

The selected answer doesn't work as the comments say. Remove the quotes around %source% and it will work (tested):

set source=N:\Movies\
set target=M:\Movies\

forfiles /P %source% /C "cmd /c if @isdir==TRUE echo @path"

If you test that with the quotes around %source%, you'll get that same error. Basically the quotes screw up your @path even if you're not using the variable and simply putting the path itself. Leave the quotes off.

Upvotes: 5

Shevek
Shevek

Reputation: 4063

you need to treat the @isdir as a string

  @isdir   Returns "TRUE" if a file type is a directory,
           and "FALSE" for files.

So: @isdir=="TRUE"

Source: http://ss64.com/nt/forfiles.html

Upvotes: 1

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