Remove Trailing Backslashes from (ItemDir) in External Tools

Question

In my External Tools... I have a command with $(ItemDir) in the Arguments field. I want this to return the directory of the item without any trailing backslashes for filename, like the following:
D:\AppForms\SP1_Forms\SP1_Forms
However, it is including an extra backslash & double quote like the following:
D:\AppForms\SP1_Forms\SP1_Forms\"
How can I avoid the trailing \" ?

Answer 1

Maybe adding a '.' after $(ItemDir) will also work:

$(ItemDir).

This will probably generate "D:\AppForms\SP1_Forms\SP1_Forms\.", which is equivalent to "D:\AppForms\SP1_Forms\SP1_Forms".

Answer 2

Hi njsokalski,

You can try to type this command: "$(ItemDir)".

Best Regards, Dylan

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