Loop over folder string and parse out last folder name

Question

I need to grab the folder name of a currently executing batch file. I have been trying to loop over the current directory using the following syntax (which is wrong at prese

Answer 1

I found this old thread when I was looking to find the last segment of the current directory. The previous writers answers lead me to the following:

FOR /D %%I IN ("%CD%") DO SET _LAST_SEGMENT_=%%~nxI
ECHO Last segment = "%_LAST_SEGMENT_%"

As previous have explained, don't forget to put quotes around any paths create with %_LAST_SEGMENT_% (just as I did with %CD% in my example).

Hope this helps someone...