Meaning of the /PATH: ON Option of the MS-DOS APPEND Command (36964)



The information in this article applies to:
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 4.0
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 4.01
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0a
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.0
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.2
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.21
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.22

This article was previously published under Q36964

SUMMARY

The APPEND command in MS-DOS versions 4.0 and later has a /PATH: option. APPEND allows you to specify a search path for data files. If MS-DOS cannot find a data file in the current directory, APPEND searches for the file using the APPEND path. If the filename specified includes a path and/or drive name (for example, C:\DIR\FILENAME versus FILENAME) APPEND checks the /PATH option. If the /PATH:OFF option has been specified, APPEND does not search the APPENDed directories. If the /PATH:ON option has been specified, APPEND will search the APPENDed directories if the file cannot be found in the specified directory.

Modification Type: Major Last Reviewed: 5/12/2003
Keywords: KB36964