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How to have MS-DOS "remember" logged drive and directory? (Users)

posted by ron  , Australia, 11.03.2013, 05:22

> It was easy for me to simply redirect the output of the CD command to a
> textfile named U_R_HERE.TXT like this:
>
> CD>e:\temp\U_R_HERE.TXT
>
> But I'm having trouble figuring out how to tell MS-DOS 6.21 to log back
> into that drive and directory later on.
>
> Any ideas?

It should be easy enough to write a little utility that can do that,
e.g. "save current" and "return".

You would just have to remember how to "save" and "return".

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• MS-DOS command to show logged drive and directory? - CluelessInSeattl, 08.03.2013, 16:45 (Users)
  • MS-DOS command to show logged drive and directory? - bretjohn, 08.03.2013, 16:50
    • MS-DOS command to show logged drive and directory? - CluelessInSeattl, 08.03.2013, 19:58
  • MS-DOS command to show logged drive and directory? - rr, 08.03.2013, 20:32
    • MS-DOS command to show logged drive and directory? - CluelessInSeattl, 08.03.2013, 22:51
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              • How to have MS-DOS "remember" logged drive and directory? - bretjohn, 12.03.2013, 00:39
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                  • How to have MS-DOS "remember" logged drive and directory? - ron, 12.03.2013, 13:02
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