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- From: warren@borg.com
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.rexx
- Subject: Re: How to set/change Current
- Date: 16 Apr 1996 08:13:05 GMT
- Organization: Team OS/2
- Distribution: inet
- Message-ID: <4kvkqh$sfn@ns2.borg.com>
- References: <4k5iem$lp9@news.monmouth.com> <8BE5395.045C000ED3.uuout@moondog.com> <3170a4fb.72659716@199.60.229.3> <4kso32$9fn@ns2.borg.com> <3172dbaf.30328679@199.60.229.3>
- Reply-To: warren@borg.com (Warren Hall)
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- In <3172dbaf.30328679@199.60.229.3>, oreo@mindlink.bc.ca (Greg Goss) writes:
- >warren@borg.com wrote:
- >
- >>In <3170a4fb.72659716@199.60.229.3>, oreo@mindlink.bc.ca (Greg Goss) writes:
- >>>frederick.sohn@moondog.com (FREDERICK SOHN) wrote:
- >
- >>>> 'call cd [target directory]'
- >>>This does not word in Regina/win32
- >>
- >>thisdir='q:\whatever.in.the.heck.you.want'
- >>nowdir=thisdir
- >
- >Warren's answer is not particularly verbose. I think he is suggesting
- >that I use a full path specification on all DOS calls rather than a
- >CD-relative one. This will solve my immediate need (thanks), but I'd
- >still like to have a CD if anyone has any suggestions.
- >
- >At least using fully specified file names is better than my previous
- >best solution of the program calling itself in the new directory.
-
- True! My reply was terse. The syntax will make you current with ANY
- valid part of the directory structure in any drive you have available.
-
- Warren
- http://www.borg.com/~warren
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