windows batch script to map the next available drive letter and store it as a variable

[ksar...@gmail.com]

Here's a batch file you can use to map a server to the next available
drive letter and save that drive letter to a variable.

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@ECHO OFF

rem Map \\server\folder to the next available drive letter and save
the driveletter as DRIVELETTER
FOR /F "tokens=2" %%A IN ('net use * \\server\folder) DO IF NOT %
%A.==command. SET DRIVELETTER=%%A

rem Unmap DRIVELETTER
net use %DRIVELETTER% /del

rem Clear your env variables
set DRIVELETTER=

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For example... if your next available drive letter was Z... ECHO
%DRIVELETTER% would return "Z:"

enjoy~

[Ted Davis]

On Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:35:48 -0800, ksariash wrote:

> Here's a batch file you can use to map a server to the next available
> drive letter and save that drive letter to a variable.
>
>

Since it hardly ever matters whether "next available drive letter" is
counted from the bottom or top of the alphabet, it's simpler to just let
Windows pick the letter:

for /f "tokens=2" %%A in ('net use * \\server\share ^| find "is now
connected"') do set drive_letter=%%A

(All one line - space between "now" and "connected")

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T.E.D. (tda...@mst.edu) MST (Missouri University of Science and Technology)
used to be UMR (University of Missouri - Rolla).

[Mark Blain]

ksar...@gmail.com wrote in news:8d9ef13d-6298-45ff-970b-b374ecf84874
@j20g2000hsi.googlegroups.com:

In Windows 2000 or higher, PUSHD and POPD are another way to map a server
share temporarily to a drive letter.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/317379