How to? How to use *just* the current folder name in a variable

[marklnp]

I am in a subfolder. Oh, let's call it: \\mycomputer\c\myfolder\mysubfolder.

I want to grab just the subfolder name to set as a variable. In other words, the stuff to the right of the rightmost backslash.

%_CWD comes close, but I don't want the full directory structure, just "mysubfolder".

Advice on how to do that? Split off the directory structure, just return the folder name?

Thanks.

 

[RogerB]

I am in a subfolder. Oh, let's call it: \\mycomputer\c\myfolder\mysubfolder.

I want to grab just the subfolder name to set as a variable. In other words, the stuff to the right of the rightmost backslash.

%_CWD comes close, but I don't want the full directory structure, just "mysubfolder".

Advice on how to do that? Split off the directory structure, just return the folder name?

Thanks.

You can use the @WORD function. You'll need to specify the backslash as the separator, and if you use an index of "-0" it will return the rightmost word, like this:

x:\path\to\this\folder>echo %_cwd
X:\path\to\this\folder

x:\path\to\this\folder>echo %@word["\",-0,%_cwd]
folder

 

[Charles Dye]

As long as your directory name doesn't end in a backslash, you can also use the @FILENAME function:

C:\Bin\JPSDK\ipcfg>echo %_cwd
C:\Bin\JPSDK\ipcfg

C:\Bin\JPSDK\ipcfg>echo %@filename[%_cwd]
ipcfg

C:\Bin\JPSDK\ipcfg>

 

[marklnp]

You can use the @WORD function. You'll need to specify the backslash as the separator, and if you use an index of "-0" it will return the rightmost word, like this:

x:\path\to\this\folder>echo %_cwd
X:\path\to\this\folder

x:\path\to\this\folder>echo %@word["\",-0,%_cwd]
folder

Thank you, RogerB. That works!

 

[marklnp]

As long as your directory name doesn't end in a backslash, you can also use the @FILENAME function:

C:\Bin\JPSDK\ipcfg>echo %_cwd
C:\Bin\JPSDK\ipcfg

C:\Bin\JPSDK\ipcfg>echo %@filename[%_cwd]
ipcfg

C:\Bin\JPSDK\ipcfg>

Thank you, Charles. That works too!