How do you get the file path of a batch file without the file name?

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I am trying to get the file path of the batch script file that I made. I want the script to take the current path of the batch file and remove the file name and stores it in a variable, so it looks like this:

C:/path/to/batch/

Not like this: C:/path/to/batch/file.bat

I don't want: file.bat in the file path.

Here is my batch file:

@echo off
echo grabbing file path...
set filePath=%0
pause %filePath%

I google searched your exact question and the first 4 links were links to StackOverFlow giving the same answer about using the modifiers dp. — Squashman, Jan 01 '16 at 01:45

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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As given in the answer to this question: Get current batchfile directory you can accomplish what your after with

%~dp0

so in your example code

@echo off
echo grabbing file path...
set "filePath=%~dp0"
echo %filePath%
pause

Edit - fixed space and added quotes as suggested by commenter

edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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answered Dec 31 '15 at 23:17

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How do you get the file path of a batch file without the file name?

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