Crazy batch file question?

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here is x.bat:


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@echo off


set theTime=%time%


set /a thesec=%theTime:~6,2%


set /a num0=%random%+1


set /a prod=%num0%*%thesec%





set /p var=%26lt;current.txt





del %var%\hi.txt /q


rmdir %var%





mkdir %prod%


copy template.txt %prod%\hi.txt /y





echo %prod% %26gt; current.txt





cmd





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Here is what the batch file x.bat is supposed to do:





x.bat copies template.txt (as "hi.txt" ) to a randomly generated folder and substitutes the new folders name into "current.txt" (replacing "123"), deletes "hi.txt" from "123" and removes folder "123"


the folder "b" contains files:


current.txt, template.txt, the batch file x.bat


and initially:


a folder called "123" containing a file "hi.txt"


the file "current.txt" initially contains the name ("123") of the folder.








why does it try to delete a file "hi.txt" also from the root "C:" ?


AND


why does it throw an error if the seconds value of the computer clock = "09" ?

Crazy batch file question?
Wild guess, thesec variable is including the colon.


Don't use environment variables when extracting paths from files.