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Hello sher19,<br />
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Use the quotes around your directory...odds are the user is entering a directory with spaces in the name...<br />
So, in your code, isntead of <br />
<br />
mkdir %dir%<br />
<br />
use <br />
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mkdir &quot;%dir%&quot;<br />
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Regards,<br />
<br />
sirbounty
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Hello sher19,

Use the quotes around your directory...odds are the user is entering a directory with spaces in the name...
So, in your code, isntead of

mkdir %dir%

use

mkdir "%dir%"

Regards,

sirbounty

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Hi, I am prompting user for a directory to be created in my batch file using<br />
set /p dir=Enter the folder to create:<br />
but when I go to mkdir, it is not makeing the right directory.<br />
Sometimes it makes 2 or more directorys from the command.<br />
How can I fix this?<br />
<br />

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Hi, I am prompting user for a directory to be created in my batch file using
set /p dir=Enter the folder to create:
but when I go to mkdir, it is not makeing the right directory.
Sometimes it makes 2 or more directorys from the command.
How can I fix this?



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