How ASSIGN Determines True Name of Disk Drive (49739)
The information in this article applies to:
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.1
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.2
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.21
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.3
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.3a
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 4.0
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 4.01
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0
This article was previously published under Q49739
SUMMARY
ASSIGN does not check the current name for the disk drive; instead, it
retains the "true", original name of the disk drive for reassignment.
If floppy disk Drive A contains a single file named A.TXT and floppy
disk Drive B contains a single file named B.TXT, the following
commands cause the file B.TXT to be displayed in the directory:
C> ASSIGN A=B
C> DIR A:
The syntax documentation for the ASSIGN command can be checked to
verify that this is what should happen. The first drive specified is
the drive that MS-DOS normally reads and writes to. The second is the
drive that you want MS-DOS to read and write to when the first drive
is referenced.
It is not quite so intuitive how to restore A to A and B to B. The
following example demonstrates how to ASSIGN the drive back to itself:
C> ASSIGN A=A
After this command is issued, a DIRectory of Drive A displays the file
A.TXT.
Modification Type: |
Major |
Last Reviewed: |
11/26/2003 |
Keywords: |
KB49739 |
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