Concatenate file paths to variable in batch script

Question

I have a script that I've put together that should copy the list of files to a variable but the only thing I receive is the last file. In other words, when I echo the variable in my for loop, I see 20 or so files but only the last one gets copied to my variable. How can I get them all to copy correctly?

I am using Windows 7.

@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion enableextensions

for /r %%x in (*) do (
    echo %%x
    SET PATH_VALUE=%%x;%PATH_VALUE%
)

Andriy M · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-20 15:33:37Z

1

One way is to use delayed expansion. You've enabled it – half the job done. Now you only want to use it. Replace the %s around PATH_VALUE with !s and you are done:

@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion enableextensions

for /r %%x in (*) do (
    echo %%x
    SET PATH_VALUE=%%x;!PATH_VALUE!
)

answered Apr 20, 2012 at 15:33

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MikeG Over a year ago

Wow! I tried something similar to that earlier and it didn't work but that did! Thanks!

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