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From: akk2@ur-tut (Atul Kacker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: IBM DOS System Variables
Message-ID: <1520@ur-tut.UUCP>
Date: 25 Mar 88 19:29:00 GMT
References: <1501@ur-tut.UUCP> <1286@silver.bacs.indiana.edu> <5074@sigi.Colorado.EDU>
Reply-To: akk2@tut.cc.rochester.edu.UUCP (Atul Kacker)
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Organization: Univ. of Rochester Computing Center
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Keywords: IBM, DOS, Directories, batch files

In article <5074@sigi.Colorado.EDU> murillo@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Rodrigo Murillo) writes:
>In <1286@silver.bacs.indiana.edu> creps@silver.UUCP (Steve Creps) writes
>
>>In article <1501@ur-tut.UUCP> nsto@ur-tut (Natalie Stone) writes:
>>>Is there a way to assign a variable from within a batch file to be
>>>equal to the current directory name so it can then be used in
>>>the batch file.
>>
>>   Not really with just MS-DOS batch files.
>>   [ references to pushdir/popdir and sugestions to try a high level language]
>Who said it could not be done??
> 
>Yes folks, batch files are fun!  I devised a way to store the current
>directory and return to it from a DOS batch file. It isn't particularly
>pretty, but it is handy if you don't have things like popdir/pushdir yet.
> 
>     .... stuff deleted .....


I think this is not really what Natalie is after.  It is easy to use pushdir/
popdir or something else to return to the same directory etc.  What she wants
is being able to define an environment variable, called say CURDIR, that would
be equal to the current path.
 e.g. If the batch file is run from C:\USR\BIN, it should set the environment
 variable CURDIR = C:\USR\BIN.

This environment variable could then conceivably be used in another application
program.







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