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From: bobmon@iuvax.UUCP (Che Flamingo)
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Subject: Re: Help with directories and batch files...
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Date: Tue, 17-Mar-87 22:00:58 EST
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x1.micky@cu20b.columbia.edu (Micky Liu) writes:
>
>I am trying to use a batch file to:
>
>1) save the current directory
>2) goto another directory
>3) execute some program
>4) return to saved directory

I got a couple of dandy programs off the net, called "pushd.exe" and "popd.exe",
that do exactly this by "pushing" to some directory (saving the current dir in
an environment variable), then "popping" back to the original.

Um...actually, it's not perfect.  It doesn't work in secondary copies of 
COMMAND.COM -- can't find the current environment to store in/read from, I
think.  Overall, though, I'm quite pleased with it.