Solved HELP!!! My Command Prompt it is crazy

[julianfiglioli]

People, my English is not very well.
I am from Brazil!

I have two HDs. Disk C:\ and disk D:\

I open the command prompt. It is in c:\users\julian>

When I digit: cd d:\backup
The prompt return in c:\users\julian

After that, I digit only d:

Than the prompt go to d:\backup

But it is crazy! It as not so.

Can be environment variable?

Thanks

 

[strollin]

If you are on the C: drive, you cannot switch drives and folders at the same time as in cd d:\backup, you need to switch drives first with D: then cd \backup as you discovered.

 

[RolandJS]

Actually, back in the days of FredFlintstone computing with DOS 3.3/DOS 4 and Windows 3.1, a utility called cdd let you do just that - specifiy drive and directory [if my memory serves me correctly]

 

[strollin]

It's a simple matter to write a batch file to do that:

@echo off
IF %1. == . goto USAGE
%1
cd %2
goto XIT
:USAGE
ECHO Usage: CDD drive path ie CDD D: \Backup
:XIT

Save the above as cdd.bat.

 

[julianfiglioli]

I tested like strollin said.

He is right!

First I switch drive and after the directory.

Thanks all.