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All excellent answers and very helpful!
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BAM! &nbsp;That's the stuff, fellas! &nbsp;I can actually use both answers in different situations! &nbsp;And the different answers also helped me understand the logic which I can apply other places. &nbsp;Thanks a bunch!!!<br />
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BAM!  That's the stuff, fellas!  I can actually use both answers in different situations!  And the different answers also helped me understand the logic which I can apply other places.  Thanks a bunch!!!




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WOW! That was quick! Thank you, and glad we could help in other ways too.<br />

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WOW! That was quick! Thank you, and glad we could help in other ways too.


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This returns the current directory, but with the entire path as well. How can I get JUST the current directory?<br />
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Say this is the path: C:\WINDOWS\system32\2008-0<wbr />2-29_1157 I'm working in.<br />
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&quot;set currentdir=%cd%&quot; would set the currentdir variable to &quot;C:\WINDOWS\system32\2008-<wbr />02-29_1157<wbr />&quot; &nbsp;(if run from inside that directory, of course)<br />
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That's handy, but how would I set a variable to the actual current directory ONLY. &nbsp;I need the variable set to: &quot;2008-02-29_1157&quot; only.<br />
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The reason for this is that I need to use tokens of that variable to rename files located in that directory.<br />
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This returns the current directory, but with the entire path as well. How can I get JUST the current directory?

Say this is the path: C:\WINDOWS\system32\2008-02-29_1157 I'm working in.

"set currentdir=%cd%" would set the currentdir variable to "C:\WINDOWS\system32\2008-02-29_1157"  (if run from inside that directory, of course)

That's handy, but how would I set a variable to the actual current directory ONLY.  I need the variable set to: "2008-02-29_1157" only.

The reason for this is that I need to use tokens of that variable to rename files located in that directory.



DOS variable set to current directory ONLY.  Not the entire path.

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