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RisTar
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Posted: 18th May 2003 19:23
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well im making n ftp program that works pretty much like DOS
i didnt have problems to DIR and see what folders are in a ftp adress but i dont know how to get in to folders , how can i type "cd folder" and it will get to the folder ?
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Kentaree
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Posted: 18th May 2003 23:36
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When the program gets the name of the folder and puts it in the variable folder$, use

cd folder$

and when you want to go back a folder, use cd ".."

Whatever I did I didn't do it!
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RisTar
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Posted: 18th May 2003 23:56
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its not working , what i need to do is what comes after the "cd " will be the folder name and then it will get into it

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RisTar
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Posted: 18th May 2003 23:57
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my question is how to get the folder name not how to get in the folder

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RisTar
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anyone ?

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Richard Davey
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Posted: 20th May 2003 05:02
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input folder$
ftp set dir folder$

?

Although I'm not sure anyone totally understands what your question actually is!

Cheers,

Rich

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andrew11
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Posted: 20th May 2003 05:06 Edited at: 20th May 2003 05:08
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He means he wants to extract the directory from the string, if the first 2 letters are "cd".

This should work



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RisTar
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thanks andrew 11

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RisTar
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well i cant see any reason why opend another topic ! , but now how can i do that if z$ = "cd.." then it will get out from the folder , get back ?

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