Let's say I have these commands:
Prog1.exe
D:\SomeDir\Prog2.exe
Prog3.exe
Now, say for the second line, I would like the working directory to be D:\SomeDir, but in Prog1.exe and Prog3.exe I want the default working directory (normally, where my .bat file is). If I try this
Prog1.exe
cd D:\SomeDir
D:\SomeDir\Prog2.exe
Prog3.exe
Apparently Prog3 will be executed in SomeDir, which is not what I want.
You could use the pushd/popd commands (help with pushd /?
)
Prog1.exe
Pushd D:\SomeDir
Prog2.exe
popd
Prog3.exe
You could use the cd command (help with cd /?
) with the %~dp0
, batch file path, variable.
Prog1.exe
cd D:\SomeDir
Prog2.exe
cd %~dp0
Prog3.exe
For a complete list of %~
modifiers see call /?
or for /?
help.
However, I only add this as to provide a more complete answer on Stack Overflow. I would RECOMMEND using jeb's solution above.
What worked for me is adding a /d
:
cd /d C:\nginx
ECHO Stopping nginx...
start nginx -s quit
(When I didn't have the /d
, it didn't work.)
https://stackoverflow.com/a/18310141/470749 tries to explain it.