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This doesn't work: CD folder & ECHO %CD%
Posted: 07 Mar 2010 09:56
by drinovc.copy
I am using this command: CD folder & ECHO %CD%
I need to do this in one line! But it doesn't work? Why not? How can i do this?
Output:
C:\>cd Folder & echo %CD%
C:\ <-THIS IS NOT OK FOR ME - it should be C:\Folder
C:\Folder>
Please help
Re: This doesn't work: CD folder & ECHO %CD%
Posted: 07 Mar 2010 10:50
by aGerman
It doesn't work if you change the directory and show the new directory name in the same line. Why don't you use two lines?
If you work with a batch file there is a trick
Re: This doesn't work: CD folder & ECHO %CD%
Posted: 07 Mar 2010 11:19
by drinovc.copy
I am not using two lines, because i call this command from Delphi.
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CreateProcess(nil, PChar('cmd.exe /C ' + cmdLine), nil, nil, True, 0, nil, PChar(WorkDir), SI, PI);
Is there no other way?
Re: This doesn't work: CD folder & ECHO %CD%
Posted: 07 Mar 2010 11:56
by aGerman
You could try to use the delayed expansion of variables.
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cmd /v:on /c "cd Folder&echo !cd!"
Note that it doesn't work without the quotes.
Hope it will work. I have no idea of Delphi.
Re: This doesn't work: CD folder & ECHO %CD%
Posted: 07 Mar 2010 16:43
by drinovc.copy
It works perfect. I have to call the same function in Delphi, but no problem. First to do it, second to echo new dir
Thanks! U really helped me a lot!
Re: This doesn't work: CD folder & ECHO %CD%
Posted: 07 Mar 2010 17:55
by drinovc.copy
Another problem. When i open a picture like picture.gif, the program freezes until i close the picture viewer. In linux you can get rid of this by adding & on the end ... but on windows... doesn't work.
Re: This doesn't work: CD folder & ECHO %CD%
Posted: 08 Mar 2010 16:36
by avery_larry
Could do:
cd folder & call echo %%cd%%
Re: This doesn't work: CD folder & ECHO %CD%
Posted: 08 Mar 2010 16:38
by avery_larry
drinovc.copy wrote:Another problem. When i open a picture like picture.gif, the program freezes until i close the picture viewer. In linux you can get rid of this by adding & on the end ... but on windows... doesn't work.
Use the "start" command to start something without waiting for it to finish.