Simple batch for prompting hostname

Question

At work I sometimes need to access any one of a number of network shares to view certain logs. The path is static \\hostname\share_folder_name but there are almost 50 servers setup like this which may need to be accessed.

Right now I have a basic batch written which will map the share for me, but currently it is specific only to the single host defined in the .bat file.

Example:

netuse A:\\\server1234\share_folder_name

I'd like to rewrite it so that it will prompt me to input ONLY the hostname each time as it's executed. (That way I don't have to modify it 50 different times).

Possible duplicate of [In Windows cmd, how do I prompt for user input and use the result in another command?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1223721/in-windows-cmd-how-do-i-prompt-for-user-input-and-use-the-result-in-another-com) — Instantsoup, Jan 10 '18 at 17:26
another way is putting the hostname as a parameter to that batch file — phuclv, Jan 10 '18 at 17:31

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 10 '18 at 19:05

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With Stephan's suggestion I was able to figure it out

    @echo off
    set /p Hostname="Enter Hostname:"
    echo %Hostname%
    net use * \\%Hostname%\Share_Folder /Persistent:No

answered Jan 10 '18 at 19:05

Doctorj77

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Simple batch for prompting hostname

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