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Shunyata Kharg
Shunyata Kharg

Reputation: 947

change directory in batch file using variable

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?

Upvotes: 32

Views: 110247

Answers (2)

Patrick Cuff
Patrick Cuff

Reputation: 29836

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.

Upvotes: 62

user3281819
user3281819

Reputation: 1

simple 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

Upvotes: -6

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