Comment by Ciantic

Let me present you my favorite, how do you figure out dirname, basename and filename in batch script?

    set filepath="C:\some path\having spaces.txt"

    for /F "delims=" %%i in (%filepath%) do set dirname="%%~dpi" 
    for /F "delims=" %%i in (%filepath%) do set filename="%%~nxi"
    for /F "delims=" %%i in (%filepath%) do set basename="%%~ni"

    echo %dirname%
    echo %filename%
    echo %basename%

It is just as intuitive as one would expect.