Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!pacbell!att-ih!ihnp4!ihlpe!psfales
From: psfales@ihlpe.ATT.COM (Pete Fales)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: IBM DOS System Variables
Message-ID: <2812@ihlpe.ATT.COM>
Date: 25 Mar 88 23:26:31 GMT
References: <1501@ur-tut.UUCP>
Distribution: na
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois
Lines: 16
Keywords: IBM, DOS, Directories, batch files

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.

I would do this with the SETVAR command I obtained from a BBS.  It is
used to set an environment variable from standard input.  So the
following code could be put in your batch file:

cd | setvar PWD
echo I am in directory %PWD%

-- 
Peter Fales		UUCP:	...ihnp4!ihlpe!psfales
			work:	(312) 979-7784
				AT&T Information Systems, IW 1Z-243
				1100 E. Warrenville Rd., IL 60566