For loop ignoring directories with a space in them?

Question

Currently, my simple batch script looks like this:

@echo off
for /D /r C:\myprojects\AIS\ %%G in (_svn) do rd /S /Q %%G
pause

Unfortunately, this skips any directories with a space character in them, such as a directory called "My Projects". How do I get around this and make sure I traverse that directory as well?

Answer 1

Can you put quotes around the directory name?

Answer 2

Hmmm... it seems to work for me. Have you tried echo instead?

C:\tmp> TREE /A C:\tmp\xxx
C:\TMP\XXX
\---one one
    \---two two

C:\tmp> FOR /D /R c:\tmp\xxx %I IN (_svn) DO @ECHO RD "%I"
RD "c:\tmp\xxx\_svn"
RD "c:\tmp\xxx\one one\_svn"
RD "c:\tmp\xxx\one one\two two\_svn"

You probably need quotes around your argument to rmdir. If you want to be truly paranoid, then use %~I instead to protect against the chaos that FOR /D /R ... %I IN ("_svn") would otherwise cause.