When was mkdir /D added?

[mfarah]

Maaaaaaaaaaany years ago, I added a nice little batch to my toolset, "mc.bat" (mc.btm later on), that would make a directory and then change into it. I have discovered today that mkdir /D does just that. Gawd, I feel dumb.

But now I wonder, how many years have I been in this situation? Is the /D option a recent adition, or is it actually pretty old?

 

[vefatica]

It's in v12 (2011?) and not in v11.

 

[mfarah]

It's in v12 (2011?) and not in v11.

So, during the time I was pretty much disconnected from everything. I feel less dumb now. Thanks, Vince!

 

[samintz]

There was an example ALIAS named ND that was introduced way back in the 4DOS days that did the same thing.
I use these ALIAS's all the time:

nd=md %1 & cdd %1
in=pu %1 & %2$ & po
pu=pushd
po=popd
al=alias

 

[vefatica]

There was an example ALIAS named ND that was introduced way back in the 4DOS days that did the same thing.
I use these ALIAS's all the time:

nd=md %1 & cdd %1
in=pu %1 & %2$ & po
pu=pushd
po=popd
al=alias

I remember the first one of those. It's from way, way back. I never found a use for directory stacks with more than one entry so ever since those days I've had an alias to go b(ack).

alias b cdd -

and one to go u(p).

alias u cd ..

 

[Charles Dye]

There was an example ALIAS named ND that was introduced way back in the 4DOS days that did the same thing.

nd=md %1 & cdd %1

Mine looks like this:

md /s %1 && %1\

... and yes, I continue to favor it over MD /D.

 

[mfarah]

Mine looks like this:

md /s %1 && %1\

... and yes, I continue to favor it over MD /D.

At first, mine was a simple

md & cd

. At some point during all these years, I decided to be able to make a directory and change into it even if I had neglected to give it a name, so I ended up with this:

@echo off
iff "%1"=="" then
  set U=%@unique[.]
  set N=%@filename[%U]
  del "%U" >nul
  mkdir "%N"
  if "%_?"=="0" cd %N
  unset U
  unset N
else
  mkdir %1
  if "%_?"=="0" cd %1
endiff

My memories about making this change are rather nebulous, so this stunt must have have been pulled between 2007 and 2010.

 

[Christian Albaret]

So, during the time I was pretty much disconnected from everything. I feel less dumb now. Thanks, Vince!

I too discovered MD/D many years after I had written an alias. There are so many commands with so many options that missing one is to be expected.

 

[nikbackm]

It's in v12 (2011?) and not in v11.

It's in v15 as well (as expected), but it's not included in the help file nor the command quick help, so understandably easy to miss!

I became aware of it with this thread. :)

 

[vefatica]

It's in v15 as well (as expected), but it's not included in the help file nor the command quick help, so understandably easy to miss!

I became aware of it with this thread. :)

It's in both places here!

 

[Bill de Haan]

alias b cdd -

and one to go u(p).

alias u cd ..

I've found it more intuitive to just use

alias -=*cd -
alias ..=*cd ..
alias ...=*cd ..\..
alias ....=*cd ..\..\..
alias \=*cd \
alias /=*cd \
alias .=echo %_CWD
alias ~=*cdd %TCCDIR%

rather than trying to remember mnemonics. For me, unless it's an OS function (like t for type), there are too many one letter apps I have already to dedicate a valuable letter to directory moves :-)

 

[Charles Dye]

I've found it more intuitive to just use

alias -=*cd -
alias ..=*cd ..
alias ...=*cd ..\..
alias ....=*cd ..\..\..
alias \=*cd \
alias /=*cd \
alias .=echo %_CWD
alias ~=*cdd %TCCDIR%

rather than trying to remember mnemonics. For me, unless it's an OS function (like t for type), there are too many one letter apps I have already to dedicate a valuable letter to directory moves :-)

The first six will work even if you don't define an alias

 

[nikbackm]

It's in both places here!

Sorry, my mistake.

For some reason I (incorrectly) expected to find "/M" in the help instead of "/D".