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  1. Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!destroyer!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!usenet.ucs.indiana.edu!bronze.ucs.indiana.edu!yawei
  3. From: yawei@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (~{QG9p~})
  4. Subject: Re: Another MsDos batch programming challenge
  5. Message-ID: <BuJ29z.D1r@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>
  6. Sender: news@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu (USENET News System)
  7. Nntp-Posting-Host: bronze.ucs.indiana.edu
  8. Organization: Indiana University
  9. References: <1992Aug29.063552.26386@uwasa.fi> <1992Aug29.152816.14977@cs.ubc.ca> <FRDQB0DG@dri.com>
  10. Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 17:37:11 GMT
  11. Lines: 14
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  13. This is an old trick:
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  15. @echo off
  16. echo set cd=%%2 >directory.bat
  17. dir >tmp~tmp.bat
  18. call tmp~tmp
  19. del directory.bat
  20. del tmp~tmp.bat
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  23. This should put the current directory in the environment
  24. variable CD.
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