prompt still says C:

[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.

 

[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]


--
"You can fool some of the people all of the time,
and those are the ones you want to concentrate on."

 

[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"?

 

[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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