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Type: Internal (2.0 and later)
Syntax:
PATH;
PATH [d:]path[;][d:]path[...]
Purpose: Sets or displays directories that will be searched for
programs
not in the current directory.
Discussion
PATH tells DOS which directories should be searched for external commands
after DOS searches your working directory. DOS searches the paths in the order
specified in the PATH command.
For more information on PATH and other hard disk commands, see Chapter 3,
Using Fixed Disks, in the downloadable
book DOS the Easy Way .
If you enter the PATH command without options , the program will display
the currently set path designations.
Examples
To tell DOS to search for external DOS commands and other executable
programs in
the PROGRAM directory that is within the root directory on drive C,
enter
path c:\program
You can tell DOS to search more than one path by specifying several
pathnames
separated by semicolons. For example:
path \program;\files\sales;\data2
To reset the path designation so that DOS will search only the current
directory, enter
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