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Getting a file name into a variable
Name: Tony D Date: November 7, 2008 at 07:17:52 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: several Product: Dell
Comment:
Hi,
I am trying to create a batch file that searches a directory for a particular file and then uses the exact name of that file as a variable used as an input for another program. For example, below is a two-line snippet of the batch file:
This makes the file name "UDC3500_FLASHK8V4F.abs.s19" into a variable which is then used as the input to the sreccvt program. Now, the above snippet works fine for the specific file "UDC3500_FLASHK8V4F.abs.s19" but what I would like to do is search the directory for any file of the form "UDC3500*.abs.s19" <note wildcard> and then put the exact name of the found file into the "filename" variable.
The directory will only contain a single "UDC3500" file.
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