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From: sun@me.utoronto.ca (Andy Sun Anu-guest)
Subject: Re: Current directory from batch file
Message-ID: <90May7.072047edt.19230@me.utoronto.ca>
Organization: University of Toronto, Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Date: 7 May 90 11:21:17 GMT

In article <1873@gannet.cl.cam.ac.uk> cca10@cl.cam.ac.uk (Christopher Anderton) writes:
>The solution I use for this is as follows ...
>
>PATH >c:\savepath.bat
>...
>...  code here
>...
>call c:\savepath
>del c:\savepath.bat
>
>I use DOS V4.00 on PS2/50Zs.
>
>Chris Anderton
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I thought the above will only reset the path, but will not bring you
back to the right directory, regardless of your hardware and software.
I thought what the original poster asked was:

(1) say, you are in C:\DIR1
(2) you execute a batch file which have a lot of CDs so that at the end
    of the batch file, you end up in, say, C:\DIR2\DIR3\DIR4.
(3) upon terminate of the batch file, you need to go back to C:\DIR1
    automatically.

I don't think what you said above can accomplish this task.

I couldn't think of any combination of genuine DOS commands that can 
accomplish that task. However, if you have one of those public domain
PC U*IX "pwd" and "sed" programs handy, then you can do something similar 
to the above, like:

pwd | sed -s 's/^/cd /' > c:\savedir.bat
...
... code here
...
c:\savedir.bat
del c:\savedir.bat

I don't like this either because it's like I am talking about a different
operating system (someone might say, if you use pwd and sed, why not
use pushd and popd...). 

If the original poster doesn't mind a bit of programming, a few (< 10) lines
of C code can get the current directory and construct and echo the string
"CD <current path and directory>". Say, if you call it SHOWDIR.COM, in
your batch file, you can simply do

showdir > c:\savedir.bat
...
... code here
...
c:\savedir.bat
del c:\savedir.bat

If you will change to directories in a different drive, then the above
won't work either. You'll have to grab and display the drive name in your
program also, something like:

<drive name>:
CD <current path and directory>

Hope this helps and sorry for this long message.

Andy