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   Message 67,812 of 68,980   
   Herbert Kleebauer to Kenny McCormack   
   Re: Question about pushd/popd   
   03 Nov 21 10:42:17   
   
   From: klee@unibwm.de   
      
   On 02.11.2021 21:11, Kenny McCormack wrote:   
      
   > However, as far as I can tell, the DOS/Windows implementations of these   
   > commands is missing one key functionality - that is, the ability to see   
   > what is on the stack.  That is, to see what you will get if you do "popd".   
   > And, in fact, IMHO, it's not really worth much to have the stack and to be   
   > able to "pop" if you have no idea where you're going to pop to.   
      
   Can you give a real world example, where it is useful to know what's   
   on the stack? But anyhow, this should work:   
      
   popd&call set pop=%%cd%%&pushd %cd%   
   echo Last enty on stack: %pop%   
      
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