batch file help

[bluesxman]

IF EXIST will process any file as long as the file asked about exists.
so it will process robot chicken, AND every file after it as long as robot chicken is still there.

Only if it exists in the same directory as %1, which if the recording is a robot chicken you'll be fine, if not it won't do anything.

i.e. if %1 is "c:\prog1\prog1123456.mpg" it will look for "c:\prog1\Robot Chicken*.mpg" which will fail.

[SWK]

Hi

If you assign %1 to an enviroment varable you can use the substring features of the SET command - Type SET /? from the command prompt for more info.

[INDENT]REM Get filename only, not path or extension
SET FNAME=%~n1

REM 0123456789012345678901234567890
REM Robot Chicken_20060930_22302245

SET FNAME=%FNAME~0,13%

REM FNAME=Robot Chicken

IF "%1"=="%FNAME%" GOTO :?????[/INDENT]

[agidius]

Hi

If you assign %1 to an enviroment varable you can use the substring features of the SET command - Type SET /? from the command prompt for more info.

[INDENT]REM Get filename only, not path or extension
SET FNAME=%~n1

REM 0123456789012345678901234567890
REM Robot Chicken_20060930_22302245

SET FNAME=%FNAME~0,13%

REM FNAME=Robot Chicken

IF "%1"=="%FNAME%" GOTO :?????[/INDENT]

truncate the file name??
I didnt know you could do this in dos commands!!!!

I will be playing with this right now.

[Jim_]

This should do what you want.
http://forums.gbpvr.com/showpost.php?p=1...ostcount=5

[agidius]

I think I got it!!!!!
I got a batch file that has worked in my testing.

thanks for the help guys.

here is what I ended up with:

Code:

REM RECORDING = filename without dir or ext
SET RECORDING=%~n1

REM SHOW = first 13 letters of RECORDING
SET SHOW=%RECORDING:~0,13%

REM if SHOW = Robot Chicken, run success.bat
REM otherwise, run fail.bat
IF "%SHOW%"=="Robot Chicken" GOTO ROBOT
call "C:\Documents and Settings\ken\Desktop\fail.bat"
pause
exit
:ROBOT
call "C:\Documents and Settings\ken\Desktop\success.bat"
pause
exit