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From: kevinc@cs.AthabascaU.CA (Kevin Crocker)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Looking for an interactive directory change pgm.
Summary: Just an addition ...
Message-ID: <958@auvax.AthabascaU.CA>
Date: 19 Jul 89 15:28:12 GMT
References: <3311@cs.dal.ca> <1146@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu> <1793@cbnewsc.ATT.COM>
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In article <1793@cbnewsc.ATT.COM>, vgopal@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (venu.p.gopal) writes:
> 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

One other way to do this is to use anarkey ver 2, which I just got,
because it allows aliases.  There is also a program called cdd.com
which even allows you to change drives.  I use batch files, generally,
of the form above and change to both my program directory as well as my
project or data directory.  I usually keep all my data on a separate
partition because it is much easier to back up.  I really don't want to
back up my programs all the time as I have already made the legal
backup copy when I got the original disks.

My batch files also reset the directory on exit to the root for that
partition so that things are just a little more sane.  This seems to
drive my coworkers crazy as sometimes they come in to use my programs
and they can never get them to work -- I also password protect my
executables just for safety -- you know -- a lot of sensitive data and
so forth.  My data is usually in hidden directories and is generally
password protected.

> Venu P. Gopal

Kevin Crocker
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