Batch file Help

[MjWh]

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Is this the correct forum for help with Batch files running under windows ??

 

thanks

 

M

[djm968]

Yes what do you need?

[MjWh]

Thanks.

I have a batch file that calls a Java script to process a data file ..

java -jar RefineReqIF-9.2.1.jar -input .\datafile.dat -output .\processed_data.dat

I need to have a line above this that will copy a file from somewhere else to the current folder and rename it (no problem with that) except that the somewhere else is a shortcut to a windows folder. I have found lots of referenceson using batch commends to run programs from their shortcuts but not how to use a shortcut in a path.

Copy c:\temp\data.dat .\newfile.dat

I need to replace c:\temp with my shortcut sources.lnk

 

TIA

 

Mark

[djm968]

You can extract the path from a shortcut link using a wmic query, see script below.

@echo off

setlocal

 

rem // ensure user supplied a filename with a .lnk extension

if /i "%~x1" neq ".lnk" (

echo usage: %~nx0 shortcut.lnk

goto :EOF

)

 

rem // set filename to the fully qualified path + filename

set "filename=%~f1"

 

rem // get target

for /f "delims=" %%I in (

'wmic path win32_shortcutfile where "name='%filename:\=\\%'" get target /value'

) do for /f "delims=" %%# in ("%%~I") do set "%%~#"

 

rem // preserve ampersands

setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

echo(!target!