🚀 go-pugleaf

Greg Goss wrote:
> 
> warren@borg.com wrote:
> 
> >In <3170a4fb.72659716@199.60.229.3>, oreo@mindlink.bc.ca (Greg Goss) writes:
> >>frederick.sohn@moondog.com (FREDERICK SOHN) wrote:
> 
> >>>      'call cd [target directory]'
> >>This does not word in Regina/win32
> >
> >thisdir='q:\whatever.in.the.heck.you.want'
> >nowdir=thisdir
> 
> Warren's answer is not particularly verbose.  I think he is suggesting
> that I use a full path specification on all DOS calls rather than a
> CD-relative one.  This will solve my immediate need (thanks), but I'd
> still like to have a CD if anyone has any suggestions.
> 
> At least using fully specified file names is better than my previous
> best solution of the program calling itself in the new directory.


Perhaps I'm missing the point, but the following three lines get the 
job done for me, in OS/2 REXX:

'C:'
'CD \DIRNAME\SUBDIR'
'START NEWPROG.EXE'

If you need a relative reference, just adjust line two accordingly, 
(skip the initial "\").  I use the full pathname so I can be positive 
I'm where I want to be :).

Hope this is useful.

Sincerely,

John Hopkins