set |
local environment variables.
Location
Internal
Syntax
set Variable = String
Options
- None
Displays current environment variables and their settings- Variable
The environment variable to set- String
The string to be associated with the environment variable
Examples
Create an environment variable named APPVAR and
assign it the string value C:\stuff:
set appvar=c:\stuff
Use the echo command to display the value of the
variable:
echo %appvar%
c:\stuff
Use the variable just created in a dir command:
dir %appvar%
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is D405-058E
Directory of c:\stuff
03/27/2003 07:28 PM <DIR> .
03/27/2003 07:28 PM <DIR> ..
03/27/2003 10:23 AM 12,307 Budget.rtf
03/27/2003 10:23 AM 20,677 Report.rtf
03/27/2003 10:23 AM 11,767 Resume.rtf
3 File(s) 44,751 bytes
2 Dir(s) 8,023,367,680 bytes free
Notes
- The set command can be used at the Recovery
Console; see Recovery Console in Chapter 4 for more info. - Environment variables set using set are available
only for the current console session. To set persistent variables,
use setx instead.
See Also
cmd, setx