Using 'for' with variable substitution

Edward Diener

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20th Jan 2005

In a batch file I have a line such as:

for %%~nA in ("C:\somedirectory\somefile") do set MYENV=%%A

When I run this batch file I get the message:

"%~nA was unexpected at this time."

I can not figure out why this syntax is not accepted by the command
processor. I am running with command extensions set on.

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