What I am trying to get done is to run a MS update on several workstations on a Domain. Now this is my first batch file thats this complex. Now I create a another file called serverot.txt with computer mappings like this \\computername \\computername When run the batch file a get this error message delims was unexpected at this time. C:\Remote installs>for /f usebackq delims == "%I in ("serverot.txt) do Call :beg in %I The file I am trying to create is below. @echo off for /f usebackq delims == "%%I in ("serverot.txt) do Call :begin %%I goto :EOF :begin set srv=%1 :get info robocopy \\servername\remote installs\test \\%srv%\c$\temp\ /xf MTenav_*.* /r:0 /w:0 psexec \\%srv% -w "cmd.exe /c c:\temp\install_enav\test /silent Thanks for your help Tommyboy78

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Simple the delimiter is not I (eye) it is 1 (One) I think this is where the solution maybe. It is easy to over see this. C:\Remote installs>for /f usebackq delims == "%1 in ("serverot.txt) do Call :beg in %1 The file I am trying to create is below. @echo off for /f usebackq delims == "%%1 in ("serverot.txt) do Call :begin %%1

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