Change directory with relative path

[liamZ]

Hi, I'm trying to find a method to change directory with relative path.
Is there an easy way?

I know if a run on the tab command line:

cd ..\..\mydir

it changes the current dir of that panel to mydir.

A possible solution would be to pass a cmd file to run like it is written directly on that command line.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

[MVV]

If you run that cmd file from buttonbar, you can use %P and %T, and TC will expand them to current path of active or inactive panel.

[liamZ]

Hi, thanks for your answer. Can you explain it a little more?

Run a cmd file from the button bar? By %P, %T you mean /T, /P?


Thanks.

[sqa_wizard]

Just create a button at your buttonbar with this command.

Simply copy the below text and paste it at your buttonbar.
It will create an according button.

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TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
cd ..\..\mydir

%COMMANDER_PATH%\TOTALCMD.EXE,1



-1

[MVV]

It is much easier just to create a button with command cd ..\..\mydir 'cause it is an internal TC command.

[liamZ]

[quote="sqa_wizard"]Just create a button at your buttonbar with this command.

Simply copy the below text and paste it at your buttonbar.
It will create an according button.
[code]TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
cd ..\..\mydir

%COMMANDER_PATH%\TOTALCMD.EXE,1



-1[/code][/quote]


Thanks for your answer, I understand what you mean, but what I want is something to do with a lot of directories, not just with one. I want this for my portable USB programs.

[MVV]

Please describe exactly what do you want, we'll try to answer how to do that.

[liamZ]

Hi, What I want is to create something like a shortcut with relative path to directories. That's not possible on Windows shortcuts, so I want to know if there's a way to do something similar with TotalCommander:

I'm in a directory ?:\portables\system\

and I want to change to ?:\portables\Internet\Hist\

double clicking on some kind of shortcut.

Thanks.

[MVV]

You can use internal cd command in buttonbar or in directory hotlist (Ctrl+D or asterisk button above panel).
If your portables folder is in drive's root, it is better to use command like cd \portables\Internet\Hist\, or maybe even cd %COMMANDER_DRIVE%\portables\Internet\Hist\, if this folder is on same drive with TC. You can add any number of such entries to directory hotlist and access them using mouse or keyboard.

[liamZ]

Hi, thanks for your solution and your help, I didn't know about %COMMANDER_DRIVE%, but what i want is some kind of shortcut in the folder.

[liamZ]

OK, finally I found a first solution to this:

Creating a shortcut in "?:\Portables\System" with target:

"c:\Program Files\Totalcmd\TOTALCMD.exe" /O /S /L=%COMMANDER_DRIVE%\Portables\Internet\Hist


Cause this one doesn't work:

"c:\Program Files\Totalcmd\TOTALCMD.exe" /O /S /L=..\Internet\Hist

(and "START IN" blank)

[ZoSTeR]

"c:\Program Files\Totalcmd\TOTALCMD.exe" /O /S /L=%COMMANDER_DRIVE%\Portables\Internet\Hist

Sorry, that doesn't make any sense. Since you start Totalcmd.exe from C: the variable %COMMANDER_DRIVE% will always be C: or do you have two TC installations?

I'm still not sure what you're trying to accomplish. Do you start TC from a portable drive and you want to jump to folders on that drive?

You can use a variable in the link target:

%COMMANDER_DRIVE%\Portables\Internet\Hist

This works atleast with Win 8.1. From what I've read there was a problem that the variables get expanded right after you enter them but it works for me i.e. the variable stays a variable.

[liamZ]

Yes you're right, I think this will work:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c start /d"\Portables\totalcmd" /b TOTALCMD.EXE /O /S /L=%COMMANDER_DRIVE%\Portables\Internet\Hist


For me the %COMMANDER_DRIVE% does not work out of TotalCMD.

[liamZ]

[quote="ZoSTeR"]
I'm still not sure what you're trying to accomplish. Do you start TC from a portable drive and you want to jump to folders on that drive?
[/quote]

Yes, taht's what I want. I plug my usb on a computer and execute TC from it and quickly jump to directories in that usb drive.

[ZoSTeR]

You can set a global variable with SetX. Create a cmd file on your portable drive with:

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setx _portable_drive %~d0

and run it as admin.

The variable %_portable_drive% will be available to all processes started after that. Make sure you clean up the variable when you're done via the GUI (see link).