I have script located at : C:\A\B\test.bat
In script I get parent directory of script by command : parent_dir=~dp0
= > I got : C:\A\B
So how can I get parent of parent dir : C:\Aand set to a variable
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4 Answers
FOR %%a IN ("%parent:~0,-1%") DO SET grandparent=%%~dpa
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@ECHO OFF
setlocal
SET parent=%~dp0
ECHO parent=%parent%
FOR %%a IN ("%parent:~0,-1%") DO SET grandparent=%%~dpa
ECHO grandparent=%grandparent%
Comments
try this:
for %%B in (%~dp0\.) do set c=%%~dpB
2 Comments
UnhandledExcepSean
This only gets the parent directory, not the parent's parent.
Stephan
easy to fix:
for %%B in (%~dp0\..) do set c=%%~dpB - besides that, this is the best answer. AND it answers the questions correctly (from the example in the question, they want the parent, not the grandparent (just bad wording))This works when Alireza's answer is applied.
@echo off
SET CurrentDirectory=%~dp0
echo %CurrentDirectory%
for %%B in (%CurrentDirectory%.) do set parent=%%~dpB
echo %parent%
for %%B in (%parent%.) do set grandparent=%%~dpB
echo %grandparent%
pause
Comments
echo thanks
@echo off
SET CurrentDirectory=%~dp0
echo %CurrentDirectory%
for %%B in (%CurrentDirectory%.) do set parent=%%~dpB
echo %parent%
for %%B in (%parent%.) do set grandparent=%%~dpB
echo %grandparent%
start "" msiexec /a %parent%AcroPro.msi
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Jeremy Caney
Thank you for contributing to the Stack Overflow community. This may be a correct answer, but it’d be really useful to provide additional explanation of your code so developers can understand your reasoning. This is especially useful for new developers who aren’t as familiar with the syntax or struggling to understand the concepts. Would you kindly edit your answer to include additional details for the benefit of the community?