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From: wek@point.UUCP (Bill Kuykendall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Changing to and restoring directories in .BAT files
Keywords: directory batch file .BAT
Message-ID: <[2730.2]comp.ibmpc;1@point.UUCP>
Date: 29 Oct 89 12:00:08 GMT
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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?

SETVAR will do what you need.  It will set a variable in the original
environment to the string that is piped to it.  

Executing the CD command with no argument will echo the current directory,
so:

CD | SETVAR CURDIR will set the variable CURDIR to the current directory.

Hint: If you need the current drive in a separate variable, do:

CD \
CD | SETVAR CURDRV

Setvar is shareware.   You can get it from nearly any PD archive.  If you
can't find it, let me know.

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Bill Kuykendall
Chicago, IL USA
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