Tandy 1000 MS-DOS User Manual

Chapter 6
COMMAND REFERENCE
APPEND External
~~ APPEND [pathnameJ [;[pathnameJ...J
Sets a search path for data files.
Parameters
pathlWme specifies the drives and/or directories that MS-DOS
searches for a data file.
Notes and Suggestions
• You can specify more than one path to search by separating
each path with a semicolon (;l.
•
If you use the Append command with no options, MS-DOS
displays
the current data path.
Append ;
sets no data path. MS-DOS searches only the working direc-
tory 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
Function
OFH Open File (FCB)
23H Get File Size
3DH
Open Handle
• You can use the Append command across a network to locate
remote
data files.
•
If you are using both the MS-DOS Assign and Append com-
mands, you must type the Append command before Assign.
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Tandy 1000 MS-DOS Specifications

General

Brand	Tandy
Model	1000 MS-DOS
Category	Desktop
Language	English