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From: mrwittma@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Martin R. Wittmann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Changing to and restoring directories in .BAT files
Summary: How do I do it?
Keywords: directory batch file .BAT
Message-ID: <10992@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 20 Oct 89 21:16:05 GMT
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Reply-To: mrwittma@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Martin R. Wittmann)
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From within a .BAT file, I would like to be able to save the current
directory, change to a new directory and then change back to the
original directory before exiting the .BAT file.  Is there a straight-
forward way to do this?

NOTE:  I have two programs called pushdir and popdir, but they are
unsuitable because they leave memory resident stubs at inconvenient
memory locataions.  For instance, if I want to change to a directory and
invoke a TSR removal program and then change back to the original
directory, pushdir leaves a stub above the TSR, so it can't be
successfully removed.

Related batch file questions:  can I set an environment variable to the
current directory name?  Can I write a program which can change an
environment variable which is exported back to the parent shell (i.e.
so the change does not disappear when the program exits)?

Thanks!					martin wittmann