set |
Set local environment variables .
Internal
set Variable = String
Displays current environment variables and their settings
The environment variable to set
The string to be associated with the environment variable
Create an environment variable named APPVAR and assign it the string value C:\stuff :
set appvar=c:\stuff
Use the echo command to display the value of the variable:
echo %appvar% c:\stuff
Use the variable just created in a dir command:
dir %appvar% Volume in drive C has no label. Volume Serial Number is D405-058E Directory of c:\stuff 03/27/2003 07:28 PM <DIR> . 03/27/2003 07:28 PM <DIR> .. 03/27/2003 10:23 AM 12,307 Budget.rtf 03/27/2003 10:23 AM 20,677 Report.rtf 03/27/2003 10:23 AM 11,767 Resume.rtf 3 File(s) 44,751 bytes 2 Dir(s) 8,023,367,680 bytes free
The set command can be used at the Recovery Console; see Recovery Console in Chapter 4 for more info .
Environment variables set using set are available only for the current console session. To set persistent variables, use setx instead.
cmd , setx