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%0 doesn't returns current path in batch

I have this easy script in hello.cmd

for %%a in (*.*) do if not "%%a"=="%0" del %%a

I tried running it but it seems that the current script hello.cmd gets deleted, as i know %0 should return the path to the current file but it don't.

I also tried running in another script just echo %0 and i get returned %0 instead of the path.

So i was wondering why it doesnt return c:\path\to\file\hello.cmd? Is there another way to get the current path?

Solution 
  • @ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL
ECHO %%0=%0
ECHO %%~f0=%~f0
ECHO %%~dpnx0=%~dpnx0
ECHO %%~nx0=%~nx0
ECHO %%~p0=%~p0

    Perhaps this might help. Notice what happens when you use simply hello instead of hello.cmd