Commodore PC Ms-Dos 3.2 User's Manual page 98

26 MS-DOS User's Reference
Assign
Assign
Purpose:
Assigns a drive letter to a different drive.
Syntax:
assign x = y
Comments:
The assign command lets you read and write files on drives other
than A and B for applications that use only those two drives.
In the above syntax line, x is the drive that ms-dos currently reads
and writes to, andy is the new drive that you want msdos to read
and write to.
Note that you can use a space between the drive letters instead of
the equal sign ( = ). Also, remember not to type a colon after the
drive letters x and y.
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Setting drive
assignments
Warning Because the assign command hides the true device
type from commands that require actual drive information, you
should not use this command with the backup or print com
mands or during normal use of msdos. Also note that two other
commands, format and diskcopy, ignore drive reassignments.
Examples:
To reset all drives back to their original assignments, type the
assign command and press the return key. Remember, though,
you cannot assign a drive if it is being used by another program,
and you cannot assign an undefined drive.
To ensure compatibility with future versions of MS-DOS, you should
use the subst command instead of assign. The following com
mands, therefore, are equivalent:
assign a =
subst a: c:
As a second example, the following command enables you to use
drives other than A and B, such as a hard disk drive, C:
assign a=c b=c
All references to drives A and B would then go to drive C.
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