Batch file setlocal endlocal

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Privacy policy. Ends localization of environment changes in a batch file, and restores environment variables to their values before the corresponding setlocal command was run.

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View all page feedback. In this article. Learn more. Why setlocal interferes with chdir in windows batch files? Ask Question. Asked 8 years, 1 month ago. Active 1 year, 7 months ago. Viewed 1k times. If I run the batch file setlocal chdir.. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. There are two key points: the current directory is an environment variable and the implied ENDLOCAL at the end of the script, which returns the original environment. Now that I better understand setlocal, I am not so clear why enabledelayedexpansion has to be done with a setlocal.

It's another question, but it explains why I was lost : my experience with setlocal was that it is used to change how variables are evaluated and I don't see the link.

Good update. Since code in code blocks are also performed simultaneously, you can do this as well. This is a very simple function. Functions are in-program commands that do multiple commands at a time. Functions are invoked with call :functionname adparams.