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From: vgopal@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (venu.p.gopal)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Looking for an interactive directory change pgm.
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Date: 16 Jul 89 21:56:05 GMT
References: <3311@cs.dal.ca> <1146@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu> <1046@hawkmoon.MN.ORG>
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In article <1046@hawkmoon.MN.ORG> det@hawkmoon.MN.ORG (Derek E. Terveer) writes:
>In article <1146@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu>, jwright@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu (Jim Wright) writes:
>> How about a 3 line batch file:
>> 	cd z:\path\to\your\application
>> 	application /with /your /favorite %1 %2 %3 /switches %4 %5
>> 	cd c:\
>	   ^^^^^^^
>
>	   and what if my original directory was not c:\ ?

You can use the utilities "pushdir" and "popdir" to do this (I believe they
are published by PC Magazine) as:

	pushdir
	cd to_wherever_you_want
	do_whatever_you_want
	popdir

There are other ways, one I like more uses

	putenv startdir %%cwd

to place the start directory into the env. variable startdir.  At the end
of your batch file, you can say "cd %startdir%" to get back.

IMHO, however, you should set up these batch files and configure your
applications so that you DO NOT NEED to change directories.  The data files
should end up in the current directory.  The data can thus be organized into
directories that belong to different projects you are working on, rather than
belonging to different tools you may use.  I have been able to do this for
with almost all software packages.

Venu P. Gopal
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