What's wrong with this batch file? It only appears to grab the first directory, instead of all subdirs. Sometimes it doesn't even do that.. f

for %%i in (*.) DO (
cd %%i
del shortlist.bbs
for %%j in (*.zip) DO (
pkunzip -o %%j file_id.diz %temp%
set /p output=<%temp%\file_id.diz
echo %%j %output%>>shortlist.bbs
)
cd ..
)

I'm sure I missed something obvious, but I can't figure it out. Can I not
nest for do loops? This is to grab the first line of file_id.diz files, put the filename a few spaces, then the description into a file for my ftp server to display descriptions. pkunzip and set are working. It's not looping though.

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What's wrong with this batch file? It only appears to grab the first directory, instead of all subdirs. Sometimes it doesn't even do that.. f

for %%i in (*.) DO (
cd %%i
del shortlist.bbs
for %%j in (*.zip) DO (
pkunzip -o %%j file_id.diz %temp%
set /p output=<%temp%\file_id.diz
echo %%j %output%>>shortlist.bbs
)
cd ..
)

I've edited this some to specify %1 as the path determined and used that for the initial directory and the paths, removing the cd .. but that didn't seem
to help any. It should have worked around the "." and ".." paths.

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Shurato, Sysop Shurato's Heavenly Sphere (ssh, telnet, pop3, ftp,nntp,
,wss) (Ports 22,23,110,21,119,8080) (ssh login 'bbs' pass 'shsbbs').


*** THE READER V4.50 [freeware]
---
* Origin: Shurato's Heavenly Sphere telnet://shsbbs.net (618:300/50)

What's wrong with this batch file? It only appears to grab the first directory, instead of all subdirs. Sometimes it doesn't even do that.. f

for %%i in (*.) DO ( cd %%i del shortlist.bbs for %%j in (*.zip)
DO ( pkunzip -o %%j file_id.diz %temp% set /p
output=<%temp%\file_id.diz echo %%j %output%>>shortlist.bbs
) cd .. )

I'm sure I missed something obvious, but I can't figure it out. Can I not nest for do loops? This is to grab the first line of file_id.diz files, put the filename a few spaces, then the description into a file for
my ftp server to display descriptions. pkunzip and set are working.
It's not looping though.

It's not doing subdirs, so maybe I should remove that part and do it manually in each directory... There are several score of them...

--
Shurato, Sysop Shurato's Heavenly Sphere (ssh, telnet, pop3, ftp,nntp,
,wss) (Ports 22,23,110,21,119,8080) (ssh login 'bbs' pass 'shsbbs').


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* Origin: Shurato's Heavenly Sphere telnet://shsbbs.net (618:300/50)

Hello Shurato!

23 Oct 24 11:42, you wrote to all:

set /p output=<%temp%\file_id.diz

according to internet forums it needs CALL in front of SET.

regards,
Floris


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