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From: perkins@bnrmtv.UUCP (Henry Perkins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Help with directories and batch files...
Message-ID: <1523@bnrmtv.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 18-Mar-87 00:08:02 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 18 00:08:02 1987
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> 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
>
> Micky Liu   ...seismo!columbia!flims!m-liu

Create a file called CDSTRING on a path I'll represent as
diskname:\cdstringpath\CDSTRING which contains only this text, not
including the quotes: "CD "

Then your batch can look like the following:

    COPY diskname:\cdstringpath\CDSTRING diskname:\popdirpath\POPDIR.BAT
    CD >> diskname:\POPDIR.BAT
    CD diskname:\whatever\path\you\need
    progname
    diskname:\popdirpath\POPDIR

On DOS versions before 3.0, you'd need to have diskname:\popdirpath
in your search path, and remove it from in front of the POPDIR in the
last line.
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{hplabs,amdahl,3comvax}!bnrmtv!perkins        --Henry Perkins

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