I am looking to recurse through folders/subfolders/etc. & populate an array with the folder paths dynamically.
Example: I have a folder called "A" which has 2 subfolders "B" & "C". "C" has a sub folder "D". So the array would be:
Folder[01]=A
Folder[02]=A/B
Folder[03]=A/C
Folder[04]=A/C/D
Would FOR/ D command work with what I need? If so, how do I take what the loop gets & add it to an array? Has to be in batch unfortunately. Thank you!
Use the following batch file (MakeFolderArray.cmd):
@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
rem get length of %cd% (the current directory)
call :strlen cd _length
set /a _index=1
for /d /r %%a in (*) do (
set _name=%%a
rem remove everything from the drive root up to the current directory,
rem which is _length chars
call set _name=!!_name:~%_length%!!
rem replace \ with /
set _name=!_name:\=/!
set Folder[0!_index!]=!_name!
set /a _index+=1
)
set /a _index-=1
for /l %%i in (1,1,%_index%) do (
echo Folder[0%%i]=!Folder[0%%i]!
)
endlocal
goto :eof
:strLen strVar [rtnVar]
setlocal disableDelayedExpansion
set len=0
if defined %~1 for /f "delims=:" %%N in (
'"(cmd /v:on /c echo(!%~1!&echo()|findstr /o ^^"'
) do set /a "len=%%N-3"
endlocal & if "%~2" neq "" (set %~2=%len%) else echo %len%
exit /b
Example:
F:\test>MakeFolderArray
Folder[01]=/A
Folder[02]=/A/B
Folder[03]=/A/C
Folder[04]=/A/C/D
Credits:
Thanks to dbenham for the strlen code from this answer (which works if the string contains \ characters).
