How can I get the path of CURRENT directory?

I want to copy some files from current directory to c:\windows\system32

Now my current directory is C:\Documents and Settings\Shajahan\Desktop\fatal
It will change any time
So I want to pick the current directory


pls help me soontype this at the prompt and you'll know the answer

echo %CD%i know that

i want to RUN from windos
so where i put the batch file i want the path of that directory

maybe from desktop
maybe from mydocumentSo, you to copy a file from whatever your current directory is to C:\Windows\system32?
Code: [Select]copy filename.ext C:\Windows\system32For multiple files, you can use a wildcard, like *.dll

Or from a batch file, you can do:
Code: [Select]copy %1 C:\Windows\system32and put the batch file somewhere in your path, and call the batch file with the filename you want to copy from your current directory.

Is that what you are looking for?shajahan, the "current directory" in DOS and in NT is the directory you are logged into, that is, the directory WHOSE path forms the prompt. That is the CONTENTS of the %CD% variable. In a batch file, the variable %~dp0 is the folder that the batch file is located in.

here is the batch file F:\test\cdir\show.bat

Code: [Select]@echo off
echo the current directory is %CD%
echo this batch file is in directory: %~dp0

Code: [Select]F:\test\cdir>show.bat
the current directory is F:\test\cdir
this batch file is in directory: F:\test\cdir\
F:\test\cdir>
F:\test\cdir>cd..

F:\test>f:\test\cdir\show.bat
the current directory is F:\test
this batch file is in directory: f:\test\cdir\
F:\test>c:

C:\>f:\test\cdir\show.bat
the current directory is C:\
this batch file is in directory: f:\test\cdir\
C:\>e:

E:\>f:\test\cdir\show.bat
the current directory is E:\
this batch file is in directory: f:\test\cdir\
E:\>