How to jump to the root directory from current directory

[radiantracy]

Hi,

My requirement is that if I am in C:/Test/Folder1/Folder2, the batch command shud jump to C:/Test/Folder1. What is the batch command to do the same. My code is :
SET ARGUMENTS=%1
Set PROJROOTFOLDER=%ARGUMENTS%
popd
ECHO %PROJROOTFOLDER%

here %1 gets arg from user and it shud jump to the previous folder. How shud i modify the code jump to a directory above ?

[john924xps]

That code's unnecessary. You could just execute "cd..". That would make the program enter its parent directory

[radiantracy]

Hi john924xps, I tried cd.. but its not moving to the root directory.

SET ARGUMENTS=%1

The %1 is fetched from the console of another application which gives oly the program directory say C:/Workspace/Project.
I want the arg to be replaced with C:/Workspace.

[abc0502]

You can use the pushd command followed by the location you want,
and the CD command should take the switch /D to change to that directory.
as it might that the location you want to change to is behind the current one like to change from

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C:\Documents and Settings\admin>

to

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C:\

using the /D switch will do.

[foxidrive]

This will set the variable to one directory less.

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@echo off
SET ARGUMENTS=%1
for %%a in ("%~dp1") do set "PROJROOTFOLDER=%%a"
ECHO "%PROJROOTFOLDER%"
pause

[Squashman]

CD ..

And what you are referring to is not the ROOT. Root would be the drive letter.

[!k]

"Determine parent folder name without entire folder path" viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2427

[skat3444]

you can use the command CD..

example:


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cd %username%\Downloads
start "downloaded file"
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[radiantracy]

thanks a lot. working on all the possibilities posted.

[carlsomo]

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set fullpath=c:\windows\system32
d:
echo %cd%
echo %fullpath%
cd /d %fullpath%\.\..
echo %__CD__% is the parent dir of fullpath with a trailing '\'
echo %cd% is the parent dir of fullpath without the trailing '\'

[shirulkar]

Cd \.
Above command is the best to change root directory.

[suresh_knv]

cd .. is the best command to use to get to the just above parent folder and cd \ is used to get to the drive letter as mentioned above...