Re: Set environment variable for one time system command windows

The problem is that the variable substitution %test% is done before the command is executed. Ie. the variable in the echo is expanded before the set is exectuted.

However, if the second command is an executable rather than a built-in command, the variable is set when the executable runs:

C:\test>set test= & perl -E"system q[set test=fred & perl -E\"say $ENV
+{test}\"]"
fred
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Re^2: Set environment variable for one time system command windows by rmahin (Scribe) on Mar 27, 2013 at 19:57 UTC
Well damn haha, just assumed that since the echo wasn't working the variable was not getting set. Thanks for clarifying.	[reply]