COKEDUDEUSF Posted August 23, 2008 Posted August 23, 2008 Can someone tell me what %~dpn0 means? I've seen it in a couple of cmd files.
jaclaz Posted August 23, 2008 Posted August 23, 2008 Read here:http://www.robvanderwoude.com/ntfor.html"%0" is the parameter zero of a batch, i.e. the name of the batch.d=drivep=pathn=namePlease note that whilst %0 may or may not comprehend the file extension (depending on how it was called), %~dpn0 does NOT include the extension anyway (whilst %~dpnx0 does).jaclaz
Martin H Posted August 23, 2008 Posted August 23, 2008 The folder with the apps in the example i gave you where '\$OEM$\RunOnceEx\' and then the path to the apps in RunOnceEx.cmd is then '%~dpn0\' which expands to 'E:\$OEM$\RunOnceEx\' if the CD drive where E:...If the folder with the apps instead where e.g. '$OEM$\Apps\', then the path would be: '%~dp0\Apps\'...Check out jaclaz's links...
COKEDUDEUSF Posted August 23, 2008 Author Posted August 23, 2008 The folder with the apps in the example i gave you where '\$OEM$\RunOnceEx\' and then the path to the apps in RunOnceEx.cmd is then '%~dpn0\' which expands to 'E:\$OEM$\RunOnceEx\' if the CD drive where E:...If the folder with the apps instead where e.g. '$OEM$\Apps\', then the path would be: '%~dp0\Apps\'...Check out jaclaz's links...Ohhh. Catching on slowly. Thx for explaining.
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