CHDIR--Examples Either of the following commands changes your current directory to the directory named PRIMETIM: chdir \primetim cd \primetim Suppose you have a directory named SPECIALS with a subdirectory named SPONSORS. To change your current directory to \SPECIALS\SPONSORS, type the following command: cd \specials\sponsors Or, if your current directory is \SPECIALS, you can use the following command to change to the \SPECIALS\SPONSORS directory: cd sponsors To change from a subdirectory back to the parent directory, type the following command: cd.. To display the name of the current directory, you can use CHDIR or CD without a parameter. For example, if your current directory is \PUBLIC\JONES on the disk in drive B, type CHDIR to see the following response: B:\PUBLIC\JONES If you are working on drive D and you want to copy all files in the \PUBLIC\JONES and \PUBLIC\LEWIS directories on drive C to the root directory on drive D, type the following commands: chdir c:\public\jones copy c:*.* d:\ chdir c:\public\lewis copy c:*.* d:\ If, instead, you want to copy all files in the \PUBLIC\JONES and \PUBLIC\LEWIS directories to your current location on drive D, type the following commands: chdir c:\public\jones copy c:*.* d: chdir c:\public\lewis copy c:*.* d: For more information on copying files, see the command.