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MS-DOS User's Reference
Append
Append
Purpose:
Sets a search
path
for data files.
Syntax:
append
[drive: ](path
][;[
drive: ][path ]
...
]
or
append;
Comments
The
path
parameter specifies
the
directory
that MS-DOS searches
for a data
file_
You can, however, specify
more
than
one
path
to
search by separating each with a semicolon (;).
If
you
don't
use options with
the
append
command, MS-DOS
displays
the
current
data path.
And
if
you use the following command, MS-DOS sets
the
NUL
data
path.
append;
This means that MS-DOS searches only
the
working
directory
for
data files.
Append
searches
the
data
path
for all files, regardless
of
their file
extensions, only with
the
following MS-DOS system calls:
Code
OFH
23H
3DH
Function
Open
File (FCB)
Get File Size
Open
Handle
You can use
the
append
command
across a
network
to
locate
remote
data files.
Warning
If
you are using
the
MS-DOS
assign
command, you
must
use
the
append
command
before assign_
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