Commodore PC - Path

72 MS-DOS User's Reference
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Path Path
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Purpose: {^J
Sets a command search path.
Syntax: i^J
path [drive\]\path][idrive:]\path\..\
path; w
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The path command lets you tell ms-dos which directories to
search for external commands — after it searches your working
directory. The default value is no path. , \
For instance, to tell ms-dos to search the \user\pete directory for
external commands, you would simply type the path command
followed by the directory name \user\pete. Then, until you exit i \
ms-dos or set another path, ms-dos searches the \user\pete direc- ^-^
tory for external commands.
You can tell ms-dos to search more than one path by specifying < \
several paths separated by semicolons. If you use the path com- ^—
mand without options, it prints the current path. And if you use
the following command, ms-dos sets the NUL path: , .
path ;
This command means that ms-dos searches only the working direc- \^_J
tory for external commands.
Example: i \
Setting a search path The following command tells ms-dos to search three directories to
find external commands (the three paths for these directories are
\user\pete, b:\user\emily, and \bin): I )
path \user\pete;b:\u5er\emily;\bin
ms-dos searches the paths in the order specified in the path
command.
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