[SOLVED] Batch file - Current working directory interferes with environment variable CD

Batch file - Current working directory interferes with environment variable CD

on my Windows laptop my company sets the environment variable CD to some directory and I can not change that. In a batch file I have to use the current working directory like

set current_dir=%cd%

Now the environment overrides the current directory. If I put the line

set cd=

in front the original variable would be deleted. Is there a safe way to get the current directory as the batch file might be used in other environments too?

Solution

The first thing I'd suggest, for general use, as per my comment, is that you use %__CD__%, (or if you do not want the trailing backward slash, %__CD__:~,-1%), instead.

Example:

@Set "CWD=%__CD__:~,-1%"
@Set CWD 2>NUL
@Pause

The following alternatives may also help you out, although none are tested within a similarly broken environment:

@Set "CWD="
@For %%G In (.) Do @Set "CWD=%%~fG"
@Set CWD 2>NUL
@Pause

@Set "CWD="
@For /F "Delims=" %%G In ('CD') Do @Set "CWD=%%G"
@Set CWD 2>NUL
@Pause

@Set "CWD="
@For /F "EOL=? Delims=" %%G In ('Echo Prompt $P^|%SystemRoot%\System32\cmd.exe /D/E')Do @Set "CWD=%%G"
@Set CWD 2>NUL
@Pause