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From: bwilliam%peruvian.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Bruce Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer
Subject: Re: Current directory from batch file
Summary: a better way...
Message-ID: <1990May9.111534.19939@hellgate.utah.edu>
Date: 9 May 90 17:15:34 GMT
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   There have been many postings of how to do this using simple,
unadulteraed DOS.  Well, as clever as they have been, I personally
believe in getting the right tools for the job.

   There's a program (actually, there are several around) which lets you
"push" the current directory on a stack and pop it off when you want to
return to it again... many nested levels are allowed.  Here's an
example: 

    [Batch file]   pushd             // push current path
                   cd c:\games       // go elsewhere...
                   .                 // run whatever..
                   .
                   popd              // return to original path

   The version I have is called "push-pop"--about 16K zipped--
written by Paul Roub who includes the C sources and asks no money.

   If this can't be found archived somewhere, I'd be glad to email
to any intersted party, (or post it if needed).

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Bruce R. Williams              "Computer Science is not about computers, 
University of Utah              any more than astronomy is about telescopes"
Salt Lake City                          - Edgar Dijkstra