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From: jeffd@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Jeffrey Alan Ding)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: CD in Novell script file
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Date: 25 Apr 91 03:01:52 GMT
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In article <1991Apr24.132219.13101@menudo.uh.edu> cychao@csun12.UUCP (PUT YOUR NAME HERE) writes:
>Hi, Can somebody tell me how to Change Directory in my script file?
>DOS CD doesn't work. Thank you for your reply!
>
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>CY Chao      U. of Houston, Texas
>InterNet: cychao@cs.uh.edu
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Hi, what you can do is use the DRIVE command.  Here's an example.

     MAP H:=SYS:SYSTEM
     DRIVE H

First what you want to do is map the directory to whatever letter you
want.  In this case I mapped H to the system directory.  Then use the
DRIVE command to make the drive the default when you exit the script.
You could also use a local drive letter here.

Another way is using the external execute (#) command.  Here's an example
for that:

     MAP S1:=SYS:DOS
     MAP F:=SYS:
     SET COMSPEC = S1:COMMAND.COM
     DRIVE F
     #COMMAND /C CD \DOS

This example uses COMMAND.COM to issue the DOS CD command.  You have to have
the path for COMMAND.COM mapped as a search before you issue the call
otherwise it won't be found.

I hope I got everything right here, if not, someone will surely point it
out.  :-)   Later.

jeffd@csd4.csd.uwm.edu