Here's the question:
set Pathname = C:\Program Files
cd %Pathname%
pause
The above doesn't change the directory, as I would expect. Can anybody please tell me why?
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The set statement doesn't treat spaces the way you expect; your variable is really named Pathname[space] and is equal to [space]C:\Program Files.
Remove the spaces from both sides of the = sign, and put the value in double quotes:
set Pathname="C:\Program Files"
Also, if your command prompt is not open to C:\, then using cd alone can't change drives.
Use
cd /d %Pathname%
or
pushd %Pathname%
instead.
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MonkeyPushButton
Probably worth mentioning that the quotes aren't in general required to use SET with a string containing spaces.
SET C:\Program Files would also have worked.
johnny
@MonkeyPushButton, I think you meant
set Pathname=C:\Program Files, but yeah, it does work with spaces
Patrick Cuff
It depends on the command.
cd and pushd behave nicely with or without quotes around the path. md, rd and copy don't, to name a few. I generally put quotes around all paths that use spaces, just to be safe.
FreeSoftwareServers
The
/d was needed for me since I was CD'ing to a different drive EG, cd from C: to G: required /dsimple way to do this... here are the example
cd program files
cd poweriso
piso mount D:\<Filename.iso> <Virtual Drive>
Pause
this will mount the ISO image to the specific drive...use
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JasonMArcher
This does not answer the question.
