Can I put the current PROMPT in a variable?

[Endoro]

Hi, how can I put the current PROMPT in a variable?

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C:\TEST>prompt $g

>prompt $p$g

C:\TEST>

I tried somewhat like this:

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@echo off
for /f "delims=r" %%i in ('echo on^&for /f "delims=" %%a in ('echo') do rem') set "cPrompt=%%i"
echo(%cPrompt%

and much more, nothing worked.

[abc0502]

sorry, but what do you mean exactly ?

[Endoro]

Sorry, I'll explain better:

here I want C:TEST> in a variable:

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>prompt $p$g

C:\TEST>

.. and here 14.04.2013>

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C:\TEST>prompt $d$g

14.04.2013>

The current command prompt. Is there a way to put it in a variable?

[foxidrive]

The current command prompt. Is there a way to put it in a variable?

Why do you want to do that? We might think of something if we knew why...

[jeb]

Yes, you can

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@echo off
setlocal
prompt $t
(
   echo on
   for %%a in (1) do (
      rem
   )
) > prompt.tmp
@echo off

 < prompt.tmp (
set /p var=
set /p var=
)
set var
exit /b

This redirects the prompt to a file "prompt.tmp".
And then it can be read with FOR/F or set/p

jeb

[Endoro]

Thank you very much!

Why do you want to do that?

I want to check an unknown "pushd" level with "prompt $+".

[foxidrive]

Why do you want to do that?

I want to check an unknown "pushd" level with "prompt $+".

Why not compare with "%cd%"

Edit: I see what $+ does now.