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From: alt@cbnewsd.att.com (art.l.todesco)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: CHDIR to a directory stored in a file
Keywords: CHDIR
Message-ID: <1991Apr30.171803.1591@cbnewsd.att.com>
Date: 30 Apr 91 17:18:03 GMT
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I think I have seen this posted before, but I don't remember now.  I would like
to write a batch file that will store the present directory, change to a new
directory, execute a program, and change back to the original directory before
exiting.  I can store the present directory in a file by redirecting the output
of CHDIR > filename, however, I can't find a way to get that info back to CHDIR
or other public domain directory change programs I have.  Is there a binary 
that can take standard input (to use the UNIX term) or is there a way of doing 
it in the batch program (why didn't they call it a shell script like UNIX?)?

Thanx,
Art Todesco
att!ihlpf!alt