Re: [libreoffice-users] Using LibreOffice on the command line to batch convert .htm files to .html files

On Fri, 11 Apr 2014 19:23:32 +0100
Brian Barker <b.m.barker@btinternet.com> wrote:

> At 16:14 11/04/2014 +0200, Paul Steyn wrote:
> > On Fri, 11 Apr 2014 09:46:51 +0100 Tom Davies wrote:
> > > I'm not sure if you can use
> > > cd c:
> >
> > Yes, you can use that to change directory.
>
> Er, no: you cannot.  Try it and see.

Er, actually, in the context of the question, you can. The question
as I understood it wasn't "can you use 'cd c:' to change directory", but
rather "can you use 'cd c:\docs' to change directory, or only cd
'docs'". Here's the full original context:

> So on the command-line you would do something like
>
> cd c:/Documents and Settings/Joe B/My Documents/html files
>
> to get into the right folder and then run the batch file from there.
> I'm not sure if you can use
>
> cd c:
>
> tbh, i think you have to skip the c: bit and plunge straight into the
> rest of it


You're right that *on it's own* "cd c:" doesn't change directory, it
only shows the current directory of the C drive.

Funny quirk of the DOS system...

Paul

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