How to run *.exe /key from the .bat in loop

Question

I have directory structure:

DIR
|-UNINSTALL.BAT
|-component_name
  |-source
  |-setup.exe
  |-uninst.bat
|-another_component_name
  |-source
  |-setup.exe
  |-uninst.bat
|-yet_another_component_name
  |-source
  |-setup.exe
  |-uninst.bat

and so on...

In every directory like "component_name" I have setup.exe file which installs current component to the palette component in Delphi. uninst.bat contains only this string:

"setup.exe" /uninstall

So I need to write UNINSTALL_ALL.bat in DIR that would run the uninst.bat in all component directories.

Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

That is kind of akward in a batch file. Though you could probably do it with the foreach statement. I would suggest though that you have a look at Powershell which will definitely give you the power to do this simply and a whole lot more if you want it.

Answer 2

you could do it with this line:

 for /f %%a in ('dir /b /s uninst.bat') do call %%a

note that the '%%' is necessary for batch files. if you are testing this on the command line, only use one '%'

Answer 3

You want to use the "for" construct. Something like this:

for %%i in (component_name another_component_name yet_another_component_name) do %%i\uninst.bat

The double-escaping (%%) is necessary if you put the "for" loop in a batch file. If you are just typing it out in a command prompt, only use 1 %.

Also, you may be able to use a wildcard to match against the directory names, if they follow some convention. Open up a command prompt and run "for /?" to see everything it can do...I believe there is a /d option to match against directories. That would look something like:

for /D %%d in (component_*) do %%d\uninst.bat

(obviously, adjust the wildcard to match your component directories.)

Answer 4

This should work:

FOR /F %%a IN ('dir /b /s uninst.bat') DO START /B %%a

if you want them to wait each other, use this:

FOR /F %%a IN ('dir /b /s uninst.bat') DO START /B /WAIT %%a

Answer 5

The way you describe your problem, you have only one level of sub-directories and you always call the same batch, from the root. Therefore:

Uninstall_all.cmd

@echo off
for /F "delims=" %%d in ('dir /b /ad') do cd "%%d"& start /b /w ..\uninstall.bat& cd ..

Should do the trick.