CHDIR Statement Details Syntax CHDIR pathspec The pathspec is a string expression identifying the directory that is to become the default directory. The pathspec must have fewer than 64 characters. It has the following syntax: [drive:][\]directory[\directory]... The argument drive: is an optional drive specification. If you omit drive, CHDIR changes the default directory on the current drive. CHDIR differs from the CHDIR command in DOS in two ways: 1. The BASIC statement cannot be shortened to CD. 2. There is no form of the CHDIR statement that returns the current directory. Note: The CHDIR statement changes the default directory but not the default drive. For example, if the default drive is C, then the following CHDIR statement changes the default directory on drive D, but the default drive is still C: CHDIR "D:\TMP"