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Syntax
APPEND Drive: \Path /X /E Path:on or off
| Drive: |
The drive letter to be searched. |
| \Path |
The path to be searched. |
| /X :on or :off |
Extends the DOS search path for specified
files when executing programs. Processes SEARCH FIRST, FIND
FIRST and EXEC functions. The :ON and :OFF are new to
version MS-DOS 5.0, |
| /Path :on or :off |
If path is already included for a program
file, :on tells program to also search in appended
directories. Default= :on. Note: The default value of = :on
was added in MS-DOS 5.0 and above |
| /E |
Causes the appended path to be stored in
the DOS environment and searched for there. |
| ; |
Use ";" to separate multiple Drive:\path
statements on one line. |
Examples
Note: You can not use any paths on the same command
line as /X & /E. The :ON and :OFF options are only available in
MS-DOS 5.0 and later. Do not append within a Windows
environment. The append command can be used on a network.
Invalid drive specifications will not be detected until DOS
attempts to use the search path to find specified files.
append Using append alone will display the
current search path.
append c:\docs;c:\letters;c:\files Sets
the computer to look for files in the docs, letters and files
directory, therefore when typing a command such as: "edit
myfile.txt" if the file is not present in the current directory
the computer would also look for the file in docs, letters and
files directory.
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