Regarding using "cd" command in the routine using EXECUTE command

Hi folks!

I need to navigate to other directory in admist of a program, so I used EXECUTE command followed by the path in quotes. But the directory is not changed and remains in the default path bnk.run. Please help me to sort this situation. Forgive me if I did something silly. I am fresher to T24. Thanks in advance.

By the By I am using it in a unix environment.

Hi
EXECUTE is performed in the separate context; after it finishes all comes back to "normal".

Generally it's a VERY bad idea to change the current folder since there can be settings that use a relative path. If you need to execute non-T24 program in another folder, put "cd" and program run command to a shell script. Then you can EXECUTE that script.

Hi VK,
I think I need to explain my issue in a detailed manner. I need to untar a file in a specific folder through a routine. For that I used Execute command inside the program stating cd (The required directory). This part of the code doesn't work. Sorry if I mistook the answer given by you. Please help me to sort out this situation.

Hi
as I wrote earlier, I'd suggest to EXECUTE not the tar executable but a shell script where you change the current directory and 'untar' the archive.