Short answer: Because DOS behaved this way, and cmd tries to mimic DOS. Originally, DOS had a ‘current director’ for each drive, so if you write cd d:\folder you change the current directory for the D drive. You can read more about this here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2010/10/11/10073890.aspx
Little side note for anyone new to Python who didn’t figure it out by theirself: this should be automatic when installing Python, but just in case, note that to run Python using the python command in Windows’ CMD you must first add it to the PATH environment variable, as explained here. To execute Pip, first of all make sure you have it … Read more
XCOPY is an old command harking back to the days of DOS. It looks like the /EXCLUDE option was never updated to support long file names. Ugh 🙁 If you remove the quotes, then the text after the space is interpreted as an additional parameter, and you get the “Invalid number of parameters” error. If … Read more
I ran into the same problem and the only way I was able to open the CMD as administrator from CMD was doing the following: Open CMD Write powershell -Command “Start-Process cmd -Verb RunAs” and press Enter A pop-up window will appear asking to open a CMD as administrator
You need to separate the arguments from the file path: Another option that may ease the syntax using the File parameter and positional parameters:
The space before the = is interpreted as part of the name, and the space after it (as well as the quotation marks) are interpreted as part of the value. So the variable you’ve created can be referenced with %location %. If that’s not what you want, remove the extra space(s) in the definition.
You have it almost done. The logic is correct, just some little changes. This code checks for the existence of the folder (see the ending backslash, just to differentiate a folder from a file with the same name). If it does not exist then it is created and creation status is checked. If a file … Read more
You have it almost done. The logic is correct, just some little changes. This code checks for the existence of the folder (see the ending backslash, just to differentiate a folder from a file with the same name). If it does not exist then it is created and creation status is checked. If a file … Read more
The rem command is indeed for comments. It doesn’t inherently update anyone after running the script. Some script authors might use it that way instead of echo, though, because by default the batch interpreter will print out each command before it’s processed. Since rem commands don’t do anything, it’s safe to print them without side … Read more
Step 1: Open up cmd.exe (note: you may need to run it as an administrator, but this isn’t always necessary), then run the below command: netstat -ano | findstr :<PORT> (Replace <PORT> with the port number you want, but keep the colon) The area circled in red shows the PID (process identifier). Locate the PID of the process that’s … Read more