hello

i want to run dos command from a batch file. it does not seem to give me the desired results.

any suggestion geeks?

/s

command
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c:\j2sdk1.4\java -jar c:\saxon\saxon7.jar "%%p\%look4file%" "%style%" > "%%p\1.html"

batch file
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@echo off
set topdir=C:\kix\Enterprise0311141\Enterprise
set tempdir=C:\temp
set style=C:\tree.xsl
set look4file=xmlinterlinks.xml

echo %topdir%> "%tempdir%\dirlist.txt"
dir "%topdir%" /s /b /ad >> "%tempdir%\dirlist.txt"

for /F "delims=*" %%p IN (%tempdir%\dirlist.txt) do if exist "%%p\%look4file%" c:\j2sdk1.4\java -jar c:\saxon\saxon7.jar "%%p\%look4file%" "%style%" > "%%p\1.html"

The For command, managing your statement that does not perform as extpected, results in a total length of the line exceeding 127 characters. That may lead to unpredictable results. So I suggest you short the line breaking it into two parts as below, i.e. insert a ( after do and then a CR/LF ending the second line with a ):

for /F "delims=*" %%p IN (%tempdir%\dirlist.txt) do (
if exist "%%p\%look4file%" c:\j2sdk1.4\java -jar c:\saxon\saxon7.jar "%%p\%look4file%" "%style%" > "%%p\1.html")

Now the total length is 53 + 112 from the original 163.

Thanks IVO.

Infact I had the issue with the java path and saxon path. I changed the paths and its working fine.

It is also a good thought to break the line into pieces.

Cheers