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22} How do I capture the current folder name into a variable?
In XP this is a no-brainer because %CD% returns the current directory
string. Thus, for example
@echo off & setlocal enableextensions
echo %cd%
echo %cd:~0,2%
for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%f in ('echo %cd%') do (
echo %%~df %%~pf %%~nf)
endlocal & goto :EOF
The output might be e.g.
C:\_D\TEST>cmdfaq
C:\_D\TEST
C:
C: \_D\ TEST
a demonstration of the current folder usage
consider the following little snippet
@echo off & setlocal enableextensions
set currdir_=%cd%
pushd %currdir_%
cd
c:
cd \Documents and Settings
cd
popd
cd
endlocal & goto :EOF
The ouput could be e.g.
C:\_D\TEST>cmdfaq
C:\_D\TEST
C:\Documents and Settings
C:\_D\TEST
or
@echo off & setlocal enableextensions
set currdir_=%cd%
pushd %currdir_%
cd
cd
/d C:\Documents and Settings
cd
popd
cd
endlocal & goto :EOF
Note that the quote (") delimiters are not needed in here and have
hence been omitted. They could have been used, of course.
Also note that the following two expressions mean diffirent things
@echo off & setlocal enableextensions
echo %cd%
echo %~
dp0
endlocal & goto :EOF
The output might be e.g.
C:\_M>c:\_d\test\cmdfaq
C:\_M
c:\_D\TEST\
The former (C:\_M) is the current folder, the latter (c:\_D\TEST\) the
folder of the script called.
Assorted NT/2000/XP/.. CMD.EXE Script Tricks
