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From: connery@bnrmtv.UUCP (Glenn Connery)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: where are you after a batch file
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Date: Tue, 28-Jan-86 14:43:28 EST
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> Where are you after a batch file completes?  Wherever it chooses to leave
> you.  Where do you want to be?  Back where you started.  How can you get
> there automatically?
> 
> I have just written a c program that reads the current working directory and
> outputs it.  This output is just right for a batch file to return you to
> where you want to be.  If any one is interested, send me e-mail.
> 
> John Higley
> ...tektronix!tekig5!johnhi

But just doing "CD >somefile" gets you that.  What you really want is
programs that PUSH and POP the current directory, so that they can handle
nested calls (I use them both in CED synonyms and in batch files).

Glenn