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user1766419
user1766419

Reputation: 51

Windows batch file pass filename to vbscript

I need to pass a file name which can have the two first characters designating the year (??_zfgli1121 the file exists with the name "20_zfgli1121" ) as an argument to a vbscript. I receive an error executing, can you please help?

@ECHO OFF
Set SDir=D:\Data

Set InFile=%SDir%\??_zfgli1121

IF Exist %InFile% (

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cscript %SDir%\Convert_SAP_Data.vbs %InFile%
)

Upvotes: 1

Views: 163

Answers (1)

Anic17
Anic17

Reputation: 807

Some programs can handle asterisks and interrogations, others not.

An example of programs that they can't are CertUtil, CScript, WScript, Tree, and some others. Instead, you could do

for %%A in (%SDir%\??_zfgli1121) do set InFile=%%A

and then

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cscript %SDir%\Convert_SAP_Data.vbs %InFile%

Tip:
Use the environment variables instead of fixed paths. C:\Windows → %SystemRoot%. To view them take a look at SET

Upvotes: 1

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