How to Get the Current Directory for an Environment or Batch File Variable

Entering 'cd' by itself at the command line returns the current directory.

For example:

C:\sim>
C:\sim>cd
C:\sim

C:\sim>_

To set an environment variable at the command line:

C:\sim>set simdir=cd

To set an environment variable in a batch file:

set simdir=%cd%

To set a batch file variable in a batch file:

setlocal
set simdir=%cd%
@do stuff
endlocal

Notes

• My reason for looking into this is to enable me to make my development portable and transferable. I recently started working with a friend and I needed a way to give him a copy of my system without requiring him to set anything up. I needed a batch file that could set up my environmental variables.