setx setting PATH with spaces

Question

I am trying to update the system Path variable in a win32 shell script but only if a value is not present. My current version looks something like this: ``` for %%f in (xyz.exe) DO if [%%~$PATH:f]==[]; setx Path "%PATH%;%GRADLE_HOME%\bin" -m ``` The problem I am having is with ``` setx Path "%PATH%;%GRADLE_HOME%\bin" ``` This doesn't work, but if I change the quotes to single quote ``` setx Path '%PATH%;%GRADLE_HOME%\bin' ``` It does work but the Path ends at the first occurrence of Program Files. I.e abc;def;Program Is there any way to overcome this?

Accepted Answer

Actually there is an easier way.. it seems to work but it is somewhat ugly and non-intuitive:

```
setx /M Path "%PATH%;%GRADLE_HOME%\bin
```

Notice that there is ONLY one double-quote and it is at the beginning .. if you put one at the end, it ends up in the path string (without the one at the beginning).

setx setting PATH with spaces

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