This works:
FOR /F "DELIMS=/" %%a IN ....
This says tho use a different delimiter (rather than a space; I chose a /,
but you should be able to choose any character not on your line).
Then it read the entry, spaces and all ...
Thanks
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 04/08/2008 03:58:39 PM:
>
> Salvador Manzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 04/08/2008 03:45:36 PM:
>
> > You need a set of quotes around the variable as well, to properly
> > encapsulate the spaces. What happens if you change the section
> > ?group=%a?
> > To
> > ?group=?%a??
>
> No difference.
>
> >
> > ?
> >
> >
> > On 4/8/08 12:32 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <Michael.
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> >
> > I have a script that looks like this ...
> >
> > FOR /F %a IN (List-of-Daily-Full-Groups.txt) DO mminfo -avot -q
> > "group=%a" -r "client,pool,volume,name,group,savetime(22),ssid,
> > ssflags,clflags" 1>>Volumes.txt
> > )
> >
> > Now, the file "List-of-Daily-Full-Groups.txt" looks like this ...
> >
> > ADMNLTS003
> > Daily ADMNDEV002 SQL disk-only
> >
> > The loop works fine for the value ADMNLTS003, but dies on the 2nd
> > entry. Apparently, it's stopping at the first space, so the loop is
> > executing as:
> >
> > mminfo -avot -q "group=Daily" -r "client,pool,volume,name,group,
> > savetime(22),ssid,ssflags,clflags" 1>>Volumes.txt
> > 6095:mminfo: no matches found for the query
> >
> > So what I need to know is ... how can I restructure my FOR loop so
> > that the value read from the file doesn't stop at the first space,
> > but instead is the whole line? (or until the delimiter <CR>, I
> > guess). I tried puting a special delimiter character at the end of
> > each entry ("ADMNLTS003\"), but can't seem to figure out how to then
> > strip the delimiter out of the variable ...
> >
> > Thanks
>
> >
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