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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
I
ENTER
J
Type
PATH
I
ENTER
Ito verify the
path
setting.
Examples
path
\bin\user\joe
I
ENTER
I
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.
pat
h ;I
ENTER
J
tells MS-DOS to search
the
current
directory only.
pat
h I
ENTER
I
displays the
current
path
setting.
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