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Chapter 6 / Comrnand Reference
Notes and Suggestions
• PATH gives you the option of using commands that are not in
the current directory. Suppose the root directory in Drive A
contains so many files it is difficult to use efficiently. To save
space, create the directory A: \ BIN (using MKDIR) and put
your commands there (using COPY). Then remove your com-
mands from the root (\) of Drive A (using DEL).
Now, suppose you start up MS-DOS and immediately format a
disk in Drive B. Because FORMAT is an external command,
you must do either of the following:
• Use CHDIR to make A: \ BIN your current directory.
• Use PATH to make MS-DOS search A: \ BIN for external
commands. You can specify A: \ BIN only, or you can specify
all directories on Drive A, separating them with semi-
colons. To specify
A: \
BIN only, type:
path a:\bin
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Type PATH
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Examples
path \bin\user\joe
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tells MS-DOS to search \BIN\ USER \ JOE in the current drive
for external commands (after it searches the current directory).
path bin\user\joe;\bln\user\sue;\bln\dev IENTERJ
tells MS-DOS to search the directories specified by the above
pathnames for external commands. MS-DOS searches the
current directory and then those in the path, in the order in
which they are listed.
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tells MS-DOS to search the current directory only.
pat h
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displays the current path setting.
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