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First post, by pappyN4

Posted on 2014-10-16, 01:04

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How do I find out the current path of a batch file in DOSBOX? I've spent more than I would care to admit but any solutions i've found are for CMD.

Here's the original batch file to run the game.

1@echo off 
2E: 
3cd \DYNAMIX\REDBARON 
4gcd -nE:\DYNAMIX\REDBARON 
5E:

Here's my simplified version. Hardcoding of the path is bugging me.

1@echo off 
2gcd -nD:\REDBARON

The path has to be directly after the -n switch, no spaces.

gcd -n%cd%
gcd -n%~dp0
arent valid in dosbox

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Reply 1 of 3, by ripsaw8080

Posted on 2014-10-16, 01:57

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Could be tricky to do with only shell commands in a batch file, but rather easy with PC Magazine's STRINGS utility program.

There's more than one way it can be done, but this works:

1@echo off
2cd > pathfile
3strings pathvar= READ pathfile,1
4echo Current path is %pathvar%

Reply 2 of 3, by pappyN4

Posted on 2014-10-16, 03:54

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It works, thanks. Too bad you cant assign cd directly to a variable.

Reply 3 of 3, by peterferrie

Posted on 2014-10-17, 19:20

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Can you just create a temporary file that contains everything prior to the "D:\REDBARON", and then copy the temporary file + pathfile to a new batch file?

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