Self move Batch file

[Rico]

Hey frnds,
'm new to batch scripting, so havin some trouble.
I jst wanted to know if I cld write a batch file to move itself to another location jst by executing(running) it...

meaning, If I have a batch file at
C:\old\dir\first.bat (wer first.bat is my batch file that dat to run)
I wish to move it to
d:\new\directory\

Plz help...

[Salmon Trout]

Why do you need to do this?

[Geek-9pm]

Why do you need to do this?

Yes, smells like he wants to build a worm in batch.

[Rico]

Hahaha, no no, not at all...
Actually, I wrote a batch file

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@echo off
cd /d "%1"
javac %2
if errorlevel 1 goto finish
java %3
:finish
pauseso that I could compile java from notepad++ directly...
Now my frnds arnt good at batch(I mean, they got no idea, not at all) so I want this above written batch file to automatically copy itself to "C:\notepad++"
& so I asked this question...

[Salmon Trout]

Hahaha, no no, not at all...

Your friends are no good at batch and cannot place a simple batch file in a desired directory, yet they can write java programs in notepad++, which they wish to compile?

[Edit] And you, who   is    are so much better than they are, can't work it out either?

[Rico]

Your friends are no good at batch and cannot place a simple batch file in a desired directory, yet they can write java programs in notepad++, which they wish to compile?

Mabe not, but if a process can be automated, then y cant we do so ?

And you, who   is    are so much better than they are, can't work it out either?

Is that an offense ?
Not all are genius like you Salmon...

[Salmon Trout]

Not all are genius like you Salmon...

Not even me. As you can see I was uncertain of my grammar.

They do say that "genius" is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration, and it is certainly true that the willingness to do research and look for information is a big part of gaining knowledge. So you should investigate

1. The COPY and MOVE commands.

2. You seem to know what the replaceable parameters %1, %2 etc are... Find out what %0 (percent zero) means.

3. In connection with (2) you should carefully study the variable modifiers such a %~d %~p etc which are documented in the FOR help.