MachineX is calling a batch file through UNC path to either MachineA or MachineB, depending on server failover status: If everything is good, the batch is called via path \\MachineA\files\Batch1.bat. If there is a failover, MachineX knows to call the batch via path \\MachineB\files\Batch1.bat.
Without using an additional parameter, or tapping into how MachineX knows which machine to call, I need to know within the batch which machine it's running on, so it can access other files on the machine. To do this, I want to store the machine name in a variable.
Because the executing machine is MachineX, I can't use a hostname variable to pull the batch, but since the batch is always called with a fully-qualified UNC path, argument %0 will have the machine name in the path. Since the system is part of a mirroring setup, the batch files are always kept identical, so hard-coding is not possible.
What is the simplest method of getting the machine name from within the batch file, without having to go external? Thanks in advance.
EDIT: Alright, I figured it out:
for /f "tokens=1,2,3,4,5 delims=\" %%a in ('echo %~p0') do set svrpth=%%a
This works fine so long as there are no more than 5 folders in the path trail, which for this purpose is acceptable.
Thanks for all your help.
