prompt still says C:

[Guest tlotzerguard-usergroups@yahoo.com]

in DOS in Win98 SE, if I CD or CHDIR to G:, the prompt still says C:

\ . I remember that I used to get the drive that I switched to.

[Guest Hugh Candlin]

Re: prompt still says C:

 

 

<tlotzerguard-usergroups@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1185821996.689731.229340@e9g2000prf.googlegroups.com...

> in DOS in Win98 SE, if I CD or CHDIR to G:, the prompt still says C:

> \ . I remember that I used to get the drive that I switched to.

 

The CD command is a Change Directory command,

not a Change Drive command.

 

If you issue the command

 

CD G:

 

then DOS will simply display the name of the current directory

on the G drive, but it will not switch to it.

 

From the C drive, you can switch to the G drive

by simply typing G: from the C prompt.

[Note that there is a colon after the drive letter

when you issue a command]

 

 

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and those are the ones you want to concentrate on."

[Guest RobertVA]

Re: prompt still says C:

 

tlotzerguard-usergroups@yahoo.com wrote:

> in DOS in Win98 SE, if I CD or CHDIR to G:, the prompt still says C:

> \ . I remember that I used to get the drive that I switched to.

>

 

By "In DOS" do you mean DOS in a window/virtual machine OR DOS mode

(reboot to DOS)? Are you using the one of the default shortcuts or a

shortcut you created yourself?

 

Note that CD and CHDIR normally only changes directory in the current

drive. Most people would enter "G:" to change the current drive to G:.

If you have accessed that drive since booting, which includes starting

DOS Mode, the operating system will remember the last path used on that

drive. Newer versions of CHDIR MAY include a "/D" switch to change

drives and directory in the same command.

 

Do you get a command summary/reference when you enter "prompt /?" or

"chdir /?"?

 

Which drive and directory is listed when you execute a "dir" command?

 

What happens after you enter "PROMPT $P$G"?

 

Do you have an autoexec.bat file in the root folder of the boot drive on

your system? Does it contain a line starting with "prompt" or "PROMPT"?

[Guest cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user)]

Re: prompt still says C:

 

On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:59:56 -0700,

>in DOS in Win98 SE, if I CD or CHDIR to G:, the prompt still says C:

>\ . I remember that I used to get the drive that I switched to.

 

As has been noted, CD does not change drive letter.

 

You have a current drive letter, which is changed by entering the new

drive letter as a command, e.g.

 

Current drive = C:

C:\SomePath> G: <enter>

Current drive = G:

G:\>

 

Each drive letter has a current directory, and it is this that the CD

command will either display...

 

Command...

C:\SomePath> CD

Output...

C:\SomePath

 

....or change:

 

Command...

C:\SomePath> CD \New\Path

Output... (none)

Current drive = C:

Current directory for C: = \New\Path

Current directory for G: = \ (unchanged)

C:\New\Path>

 

When you specify a drive letter in a CD command, you are specifying

which drive's current directory is to be changed:

 

Command...

C:\SomePath> CD G:\New\Path

Output... (none)

Current drive = C:

Current directory for C: = \SomePath (unchanged)

Current directory for G: = \New\Path

C:\SomePath>

 

There is an evolution of CD syntax that allows one to change drive and

directory in one go, but I don't know if that applies to Win98. It

may be part of the .BAT enhancements within the NT family.

 

 

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