dammit, need batch file help

[fly]

For the life of me, I can't figure out how to get a parent directory of the directory I'm in. wtf

Anyone?

 

[JAXvillain]

cd..

http://www.computerhope.com/cdhlp.htm#03

 

[fly]

Doesn't work.

I came up with this, which will work, but there has to be something easier than this.

FOR %%c IN ("%~dp0..\*.*") do SET PARDIR=%%~dpc
ECHO %PARDIR%

 

[JAXvillain]

Doesn't work.

I came up with this, which will work, but there has to be something easier than this.

FOR %%c IN ("%~dp0..\*.*") do SET PARDIR=%%~dpc
ECHO %PARDIR%

it works by itself...maybe your syntax is off?

 

[fly]

it works by itself...maybe your syntax is off?

Am I doing it wrong? I need it as a variable. If I go to a command prompt and type 'ECHO CD..' I get: CD..

 

[JAXvillain]

Am I doing it wrong? I need it as a variable. If I go to a command prompt and type 'ECHO CD..' I get: CD..

hmm...maybe it doesn't want to work with variables and it has to use a finite path? if you open dos and go to c:\windows and then type cd.. it does go back to c

 

[APRIL]

Try restarting the computer.

 

[BeerAd]

Try restarting the computer.

Or kick it

 

[b_sinning]

Why are you programing in DOS? What's the project?

 

[ERage]

Why are you programing in DOS? What's the project?

That's how fly rolls.

 

[fly]

Why are you programing in DOS? What's the project?

I do it mostly cause batch files are the easiest for someone to learn and Im the only person in my group who *might* be able to code himself out of a box. I do it cause Im planning on not being here one day...

 

[Sp`ange]

try this:

set CurDir=%CD%
cd ..
set ParDir=%CD%
cd %CurDir%
echo %ParDir%
echo %CurDir%

or

(under 2k or XP only)

pushd %CD%
cd ..
set ParDir=%CD%
popd
echo %ParDir%

 

[fly]

interesting. I've never even heard of pushd and popd.

 

[Sp`ange]

interesting. I've never even heard of pushd and popd.

pushd [path] = holds a path (network/unc or local) temporarily in mem.
popd = returns to said dir and clears pushd

it's easier to use and less syntax

 

[b_sinning]

Almost bordering on C programming

 

[ERage]

Almost bordering on C programming

It's the same concept as a push and pop method for a stack/queue in any OOP language.

 

[b_sinning]

I learned all of thhat in comp sci classes. Good to know to boring to learn.

 

[wanko80]

I learned all of thhat in comp sci classes. Good to know to boring to learn.

Agreed. I took a compiler class that was brutally boring. Goddamn stacks.

 

[Sp`ange]

scripting is all I know. I write BAT files and AppleScripts quite a bit. Mostly applescript though. I looooooove the scriptng support in Adobe products.

 

[water]

Just type a bunch of J's, it'll work.