System read-only variable %CD%
keeps the path of the caller of the batch, not the batch file location.
You can get the pathname of the batch script itself with %0
, parameter extensions can be applied to this so %~dp0
will return the Drive and Path to the batch script e.g. W:\scripts\
and %~f0
will return the full pathname W:\scripts\mybatch.cmd
.
You can refer to other files in the same folder as the batch script by using this syntax:
CALL %0\..\SecondBatch.cmd
This can even be used in a subroutine, Echo %0
will give the call label but, echo "%~nx0"
will give you the filename of the batch script.
When the %0
variable is expanded, the result is enclosed in quotation marks.