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Raulp
Raulp

Reputation: 8146

Setting the path of an exe to a variable in batch script

I am trying to set the location of an exe(exe_sources/build/exefile.exe) to a variable by doing this ; 

set script_path1=%~p0
set exe_path=script_path1\..\build\
echo exe_path

directory structure looks like this : 

exe_sources
  --build
     --exefile.exe
  --runtest
    --testscript.bat

but I never get the correct path to the exefile.exe in exe_path.

How can this be achieved.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1143

Answers (1)

Riccardo Volpe
Riccardo Volpe

Reputation: 1623

  • In Linux, for a BASH (testscript.sh) script:

      #!/bin/bash

  <<TREE
  exe_sources
  --build
    --exefile.exe
  --runtest
    --testscript.sh
    --testscript.bat
  TREE

  script_path1=$(dirname "$(readlink -f ./testscript.sh)"); # absolute path: /c/Users/Riccardo/Desktop/exe_sources/runtest
  B=$(basename "$(readlink -f ./testscript.sh)"); # testscript.sh
  ls "${script_path1}/../build" # exefile.exe
  exe_path="${script_path1}/../build";
  echo ${exe_path} # /c/Users/Riccardo/Desktop/exe_sources/runtest/../build
  ls ${exe_path} # exefile.exe

    You can run it in Windows too, by using the Git Bash:

      sh ./testscript.sh

  • Always in Windows, for a DOS Batch (testscript.bat) script:

      @echo off

  goto TREE
  exe_sources
  --build
    --exefile.exe
  --runtest
    --testscript.sh
    --testscript.bat
  :TREE

  set script_path1="%~dp0"
  echo %script_path1%
  ::"C:\Users\Riccardo\Desktop\exe_sources\runtest\"
  set script_name=%0
  echo %script_name%
  ::"C:\Users\Riccardo\Desktop\exe_sources\runtest\testscript.bat"
  set exe_path="%~dp0..\build"
  echo %exe_path%
  ::"C:\Users\Riccardo\Desktop\exe_sources\runtest\..\build"
  dir %exe_path%

Upvotes: 1

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