Changes current directory, PC Windows only.
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Parameters
DIRECTORY = text |
Directory to change to |
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CURRENT = text |
Saves new directory |
Description
The %CD directive can be used to change directory under Windows or DOS. The DIRECTORY specifies the directory as a text containing either the absolute or relative pathname, for example 'C:/CONSULT/DATA' or '../../PROJECT'.
Note that a forward slash (/) may be used as a directory separator character, as the backwards slash ( \ ) is the Genstat continuation character and would have to be doubled up. Environment variables may be used in the path name, for example '%TEMP%/temp.out', and %GENDIR% can be used to specify the Genstat root directory (eg. C:).
The CURRENT parameter saves the new directory name. You can obtain the name of the current directory by typing the command
%CD '.'; CURRENT=curdirwhich will set up curdir as a text containing the current directory name.
See also
Directive: SUSPEND.
Procedure: DIRECTORY.
Commands for: Program control.