FOR statement "unexpected i" in batch?

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FOR at console and in batch used differently

This error is being caused by the FOR command. Your command is correct when typed at the console, but when using this command in a batch file you need to precede your % variables with a double %. Therefore they would become:

FOR /F "usebackq delims==" %%i IN (`date /t`) DO set date = %%i
FOR /F "usebackq delims==" %%i IN (`date /t`) DO set dobackup = %%i

Posted: 01/07/2009 @ 09:07 PM (PST)

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