error pushd setlocal popd endlocal

[Ed Dyreen]

This batch runs from drive Z:\..., which is permanently mapped to "\\ed-serv-0\ed-serv-0"

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@echo off

echo.test0
cd
pushd "\\ed-serv-0\ed-serv-0"
cd

setlocal
popd

echo.
echo.test1
cd
endlocal
cd

pause
exit

The system can't find the specified path??

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test0
Z:\ED\VIP\PROJ\DEV\doskit\doskitXP32x86 v20150111\Hello world !
Y:\

test1
Z:\ED\VIP\PROJ\DEV\doskit\doskitXP32x86 v20150111\Hello world !
Het systeem kan het opgegeven pad niet vinden.
Z:\ED\VIP\PROJ\DEV\doskit\doskitXP32x86 v20150111\Hello world !
Druk op een toets om door te gaan. . .

I don't want to change "\\ed-serv-0\ed-serv-0"
I don't want endlocal before popd in which case the above error does not occur.

Darn, my evil plan is foiled !

[Aacini]

Yes. SETLOCAL command save the current directory in an area "parallel" to the environment itself that ENDLOCAL restores; this is an undocumented behavior discussed at this post. When your SETLOCAL command executes, the current directory is Y:\ created by PUSHD command, so the Y:\ is saved. Then the POPD is executed and Y:\ disapppear. After that, when the ENDLOCAL executes, the undocumented behavior try to restore the saved directory, that is Y:\ and, of course, it does not exists...

I think there is no way to avoid this error, unless you modify the order of commands like this: PUSHD SETLOCAL ENDLOCAL POPD or SETLOCAL PUSHD POPD ENDLOCAL.

Antonio