Possible bug found when processing nested parentheses in a batch script

[Josiah Deal]

Hello,

I’ve discovered that when using Notepad++ to edit batch files, it seems to have an issue keeping track of which parentheses pair up together in the file. Obviously this doesn’t affect actual processing of the batch file when it’s run, but it does make editing complex batch files rather difficult as I am relying on the parentheses to know where I’m at in the script.

My “workaround” was to paste the batch file into an html file between two <script> tags so that it would correctly process the layers of parentheses so I could see where I’m at. Of course, this means that I’m losing out on the other color coding for the batch variables, etc. however.

Here is a link to a screenshot that illustrates the issue better:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/udnqswdklol7232/Notepad%2B%2B Batch Editor Issue.PNG?dl=0

Thank you

[dail]

Could you paste the actual text so we can copy/paste it ourselves into N++?

[Josiah Deal]

Sure,

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setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
echo ┌╨╨╨╨╨╨╨╨╨╨╨╨╨╨╨╨╨╨╨╨╨╨╨╨╨╨╨╨╨╨╨╨╨╨╨╨╨╨╨╨╨╨╨╨╨┐>> SyncLog.log
echo │ SYNC STARTED: %DATE% at %TIME% │>> SyncLog.log
echo ├─────────────────────────────────────────────┘>> SyncLog.log
for /F “skip=5 tokens=" %%A in (SyncConfig.txt) do (
for /F "tokens=3 delims= ,=, " %%B in (‘echo %%A^| findstr /i /c:“Source Drive”’) do (set SourceDrive=%%B)
)
for /F "tokens=6-10 delims= " %%A in (‘dir !SourceDrive!^| findstr /i Volume^| findstr /v Serial’) do (
set SourceDriveName=%%A %%B %%C %%D %%E
echo │ The source drive is set to !SourceDrive! ^(!SourceDriveName!^)>> SyncLog.log
)
for /F "skip=9 tokens=” %%A in (SyncConfig.txt) do (
for /F %%B in (‘echo %%A^| findstr /i /v /c:“Not Included”’) do (
if NOT EXIST %%B:\ (
call :GetTime
echo │ !CurrentTime! %%B:\ does not exist and was not synced>> SyncLog.log
)
if EXIST %%B:\ (
set NetworkDrive=FALSE
for /F “skip=5 tokens=2 delims= " %%C in (‘net use^| findstr /v command’) do (if “%%B:”==”%%C" (set NetworkDrive=TRUE))
if !NetworkDrive!==TRUE (
call :GetTime
echo ├ !CurrentTime! %%B:\ is a network drive and was not synced>> SyncLog.log
)
if !NetworkDrive!==FALSE (
title SYNCING !SourceDrive! TO %%B:
robocopy /MIR !SourceDrive! %%B:
title SYNC IS COMPLETE
if %ERRORLEVEL% GEQ 8 (
call :GetTime
echo █►!CurrentTime! An error occured when robocopy attempted to sync from !SourceDrive! to %%B:>> SyncLog.log
)
if %ERRORLEVEL% LSS 8 (
for /F "tokens=6-10 delims= " %%C in (‘dir %%B:^| findstr /i Volume^| findstr /i /v Serial’) do (
call :GetTime
echo ├►!CurrentTime! %%B:\ ^(%%C %%D %%E %%F %%G^) was successfully synced with !SourceDrive! ^(!SourceDriveName!^)>> SyncLog.log
)
)
)
)
)
)
endlocal
echo ├─────────────────────────────────────────────┐>> SyncLog.log
echo │ SYNC ENDED: %DATE% at %TIME% │>> SyncLog.log
echo └╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥┘>> SyncLog.log
goto :eof
:GetTime
set CurrentTime=%TIME%
goto :eof

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