In second batch file, find the name of its caller

[John Gray]

In a called batch file, I would like to determine the name (as in %~n0) of the batch file which called itme, but without passing this name as a parameter.
Is this possible?
In second batch file,
I've done some searching in this group but can only find the suggestion to give the name of the calling batch file as a parameter.

Trivial example:

:: Caller.bat
call called.bat
exit /b

:: Called.bat
:: some code to find the name of the calling batch file
echo Called.bat was called by %name-of-caller%
goto :eof

[JJ]

If without passing some information as a batch file parameter is your only
requirement, then you can use either environment variable or a file instead.
e.g.

::Caller.bat
::using environment variable
set caller=%~n0
call called.bat
goto :eof

::Called.bat
::using environment variable
echo Called.bat was called by %caller%
goto :eof

::Caller.bat
::using file
>"%temp%\caller.tmp" echo %~n0
call called.bat
goto :eof

::Called.bat
::using file
for /f "delims=" %%A in (%temp%\caller.tmp) do (
echo Called.bat was called by %%A
)
goto :eof

[John Gray]

Thank you very much! It's so very obvious once you say it!

To my surprise, that environment variable is available both before and after setlocal in the called.bat file.

::Caller.bat
::using environment variable
set caller=%~n0

call called.bat %parm1% %parm2% %parm3%

goto :eof

::Called.bat
::using environment variable

echo %%caller%% before setlocal contains %caller%
setlocal
echo %%caller%% after setlocal contains %caller%
echo Parameters are %1 %2 %3

echo Called.bat was called by %caller%

...
endlocal
goto :eof

[B00ze]

On 2017-09-07 08:26, John Gray <jgq...@gmail.com> wrote:

> To my surprise, that environment variable is available both before and after setlocal in the called.bat file.

SETLOCAL creates a COPY of the environment when it is executed. So the
value is still there, but if you modify it the new value will not
propagate to the calling environment.

Regards,

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