CD - Change the current directory

 Purpose:    Display or change the current directory. 
             
 Format:     CD [/N] [ path | - ] 
                 or 
             CHDIR [/N] [ path | - ] 
             
             path :  The directory to change to, including an optional 
             drive name. 
             

             /N(o extended search) 
 
 See also:  CDD, MD, PUSHD, RD, CDPATH, and Directory Navigation. 

 Usage 

 CD and CHDIR are synonyms.  You can use either one. 

 CD lets you navigate through a drive's structure by changing the current 
 working directory.  If you enter CD and a directory name, the named 
 directory becomes the new current directory.  For example, to change to 
 the subdirectory C:\FINANCE\MYFILES : 

 
         [c:\] cd \finance\myfiles
         [c:\finance\myfiles]
 

 Every disk drive on the system has its own current directory. Specifying 
 both a drive and a directory in the CD command will change the current 
 directory on the specified drive, but will not change the default drive. 
  For example, to change the default directory on drive A: 

 
         [c:\] cd a:\utility
         [c:\]
 

 Notice that this command does not change to drive A:.  Use the CDD 
 command to change the current drive and directory at the same time. 

 When you use CD to change to a directory on an HPFS drive, you must quote 
 the path name if it contains whitespace or special characters.  See File 
 Names and File Systems for additional details. 

 You can change to the parent directory with CD ..; you can also go up one 
 additional directory level with each additional [.]. For example, CD .... 
 will go up three levels in the directory tree (see Extended Parent 
 Directory Names).  You can move to a sibling directory -- one that 
 branches from the same parent directory as the current subdirectory -- 
 with a command like CD ..\newdir. 

 If you enter CD with no argument or with only a disk drive name, it will 
 display the current directory on the default or named drive. 

 If CD cannot change to the directory you have specified it will attempt 
 to search the CDPATH and the extended directory search database in order 
 to find a matching directory and switch to it.  You can use wildcards in 
 the path to force an extended directory search.  See the section on 
 Directory Navigation for complete details on these and other directory 
 navigation features.  To disable extended directory searches for the 
 current command (e.g. in a batch file) see the /N option below. 

 CD saves the current directory before changing to a new directory. You 
 can switch back to the previous directory by entering CD - (there must be 
 a space between the CD command and the hyphen).  You can switch back and 
 forth between two directories by repeatedly entering CD -.  The saved 
 directory is the same for both the CD and CDD commands.  Drive changes 
 and automatic directory changes also modify the saved directory, so you 
 can use CD - to return to a directory that you exited with an automatic 
 directory change. 

 Directory changes made with CD are also recorded in the directory history 
 list and can be displayed in the directory history window, which allows 
 you to return quickly to a recently-used directory. 

 CD never changes the default drive.  If you change directories on one 
 drive, switch to another drive, and then enter CD -, the directory will 
 be restored on the first drive but the current drive will not be changed. 
 

 Option 

    /N:     (No extended search) This option prevents CD from searching 
            the extended directory search database or displaying the 
            related popup window.  If /N is used and the specified 
            directory is not found via other methods (i.e. without an 
            extended search), CD will display an error. This option is 
            primarily intended for use in batch files where you do not 
            want CD to use "fuzzy" directory searching or display an 
            extended search popup window.