| CHDIR (CD) |
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| Displays the name of the current directory or changes the current |
| directory. |
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| Syntax |
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| CHDIR [drive:][path] |
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| CHDIR[..] |
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| CD [drive:][path] |
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| CD[..] |
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| To display the current drive letter and directory name, use either of the |
| following syntax lines: |
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| CHDIR |
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| CD |
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| Parameters |
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| [drive:][path] |
| Specifies the drive (if other than the current drive) and directory to |
| which you want to change. |
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| .. |
| Specifies that you want to change to the parent directory. |
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| CHDIR--Notes |
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| Changing to the root directory |
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| The root directory is the top of the directory hierarchy for a drive. To |
| return to the root directory, type the following command: |
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| cd \ |
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| Using the current directory from a different drive |
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| If you are working in the \PUBLIC\JONES directory on drive C and you change |
| to drive D, you can copy files to and from the \PUBLIC\JONES directory by |
| specifying only the drive letter C. |
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| Changing the directory on another drive |
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| You can change the current directory on another drive by specifying the |
| drive letter on the command line when you use CHDIR or CD. |
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| CHDIR--Examples |
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| Either of the following commands changes your current directory to the |
| directory named PRIMETIM: |
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| chdir \primetim |
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| cd \primetim |
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| Suppose you have a directory named SPECIALS with a subdirectory named |
| SPONSORS. To change your current directory to \SPECIALS\SPONSORS, type the |
| following command: |
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| cd \specials\sponsors |
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| Or, if your current directory is \SPECIALS, you can use the following |
| command to change to the \SPECIALS\SPONSORS directory: |
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| cd sponsors |
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| To change from a subdirectory back to the parent directory, type the |
| following command: |
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| cd.. |
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| To display the name of the current directory, you can use CHDIR or CD |
| without a parameter. For example, if your current directory is \PUBLIC\JONES |
| on the disk in drive B, type CHDIR to see the following response: |
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| B:\PUBLIC\JONES |
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| If you are working on drive D and you want to copy all files in the |
| \PUBLIC\JONES and \PUBLIC\LEWIS directories on drive C to the root directory |
| on drive D, type the following commands: |
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| chdir c:\public\jones |
| copy c:*.* d:\ |
| chdir c:\public\lewis |
| copy c:*.* d:\ |
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| If, instead, you want to copy all files in the \PUBLIC\JONES and |
| \PUBLIC\LEWIS directories to your current location on drive D, type the |
| following commands: |
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| chdir c:\public\jones |
| copy c:*.* d: |
| chdir c:\public\lewis |
| copy c:*.* d: |
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| For more information on copying files, see the COPY command. |
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