Quick DOS Noob Question

[firewolf]

In MS-DOS, how do you go "up" from a folder. If I'm in C:\DOCUME~1\User\Desktop\ and I want to get back to User, is there a command to do that without having to type C:\DOCUME~1\User ? For now, this isn't a problem to retype, but when I start getting into 10 billion subfolders and I have to get out and back in, it becomes very time consuming. Also to note: pushd and popd won't save me.

[TechKnickle]

I believe typing "cd.." will take you back a step. Of course, this is without the ""

[mazdarx7-64]

to go all the way back to the c:\ type in "cd\"

[muno]

Also, in wxp dos you can finally press tabulator for it to fill the rest of the folder name automatically.
Eg. cd Pro->press tab->automatically becomes->cd "Program Files"

And, at least since w2k * works fine. So, cd prog* changes directory to c:\program files, assuming there are no other folders that start with 'prog'.

[firewolf]

thank you very much

[vass0922]

FYI
Adding auto complete to Win2k
http://www.activewin.com/tips/win200..._tips_44.shtml

[muno]

Great tip vass!

[zepper]

I think there should be a space between - like this: cd .. or cd \ . M$-DOS requires delimiters, some other versions of DOS don't...
.bh.

[muno]

nix requires space between command and whattodo, dos (iirc) has always worked with cd../cd\.

[sr71000]

cd.. is right use it all the time at school!