Deploy CMD is complaining the syntax is incorrect but the syntax IS correct

Sam Flancisco

January 27, 2023 19:05

The following 3 lines I can run on cmd shell without issue, I do it all the time, which is why I wanted to PDQ it up.

C:\lgpo.exe /b C:\
FOR /F %i IN ('dir /b {*') DO set lgpodir=%i
C:\LGPO.exe /parse /m C:\%lgpodir%\DomainSysvol\GPO\Machine\registry.pol >> C:\lgpo.txt

But PDQ errors with:


LGPO.exe - Local Group Policy Object Utility
Version 3.0.2004.13001
Copyright (C) 2015-2020 Microsoft Corporation
Security Compliance Toolkit - https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=55319

Creating LGPO backup in "C:\{31379DC1-DF11-4271-A9DC-16612B190C43}"
The syntax of the command is incorrect.

And specifically I'm pretty sure its upset at this part:

FOR /F %i IN ('dir /b {*') DO set lgpodir=%i

I guess I can't tell it otherwise but how can I get my correct line here to execute from PDQ?

Comments

5 comments

Sam Flancisco

January 27, 2023 19:08

Just a bit more info - see how it works manually:

My command:
C:\>FOR /F %i IN ('dir /b {*') DO set lgpodir=%i

Shell replies:
C:\>set lgpodir={2F335FBA-8D0F-4A23-BAD9-CF2E8ACDE7CE}

Colby Bouma
January 27, 2023 22:40
Deploy executes CMD steps as batch files, so you have to double up the %.

https://ss64.com/nt/for.html
```
FOR /F %%i IN ('dir /b {*') DO set lgpodir=%%i
```
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Sam Flancisco

January 30, 2023 17:07

OK thanks, it got past the

FOR /F %%i IN ('dir /b {*') DO set lgpodir=%%i

but the error is now on the next line. It seems that %lgpodir% isn't set.

C:\LGPO.exe /parse /m C:\%lgpodir%\DomainSysvol\GPO\Machine\registry.pol >> C:\lgpo.txt
↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓
Cannot open input file "C:\\DomainSysvol\GPO\Machine\registry.pol"

I tried doing %%lgpodir%% but it just makes:

Cannot open input file "C:\%lgpodir%\DomainSysvol\GPO\Machine\registry.pol"

It seems that people do some fancy stuff with batch FOR but I don't see my case...besides why the heck can't it remember my lgopdir var??

Colby Bouma
January 30, 2023 17:22
Deploy does not start in C:\, so you probably need to add the following as the first line:
```
CD \
```
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Sam Flancisco
January 30, 2023 22:19

Much solve. Very brains

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