Hi, I'm trying to make a file or variable that contains a semicolon separated list of files in a dir. for %%i in (*.jar) do call echo %%i; >> jarlist.txt or for %%i in (*.jar) do set CPATH=%CPATH%;%%i Does not work because echo will add a CR/LF pair and for some strange reason only the last file in the list will be added to CPATH. Greatful for any help on this.   Yours, Johan

On Windows 9x: The following line will work on the command prompt the way you want: for %%i in (*.jar) do set CPATH=%%CPATH%%;%%i But it simply doesn't work onto a batch file, and I couldn't get it working by that way. However, if you want this in a batch file, we can use your first idea, just a little different: @echo off if "%1"=="GoTo:" %1%2 SET CPATH= for %%? in (*.jar) do call %0 GoTo: setvar %%? goto eof :setvar SET CPATH=%CPATH%;%3 :eof This script could require a big enviroment space, so it's a good idea to run it on a child shell with a big enviroment space: @echo off if "%1"=="GoTo:" %1%2 %comspec% /c call %0 GoTo: start goto eof :start SET CPATH= for %%? in (*.jar) do call %0 GoTo: setvar %%? echo CPATH=%CPATH% goto eof :setvar SET CPATH=%CPATH%;%3 :eof After running this last batch script, the CPATH won't have changed. That's because the variables are reset to their original state when a child shell of COMMAND.COM is terminated. -- Secret_Doom - Leonardo Pignataro -- secret_doom@hotmail.com www.batch.hpg.com.br