Command: append
APPEND enables programs to open data files in specified
directories as if the files were in the current directory.
Syntax:
APPEND [[drive]path[;...]] [/X[:ON|:OFF]] [/PATH:ON|/PATH:OFF] [/E]
APPEND ;
APPEND [/?]
drive Drive letter e.g. C:
path Directory to append, e.g. \example
Options:
/X[:ON] Extend APPEND to searches and command execution.
/X:OFF Applies APPEND only to requests to open files.
Defaults to /X:OFF
/PATH:ON Search appended directories for file requests that already
include a path. This is the default setting.
/PATH:OFF Switches off /PATH:ON.
/E Stores the appended directory list in the environment.
/E may be used only in the first invocation of APPEND. You
can not include any paths on the same command line as /E.
APPEND ; clears the list of appended directories.
APPEND without parameters displays the list of appended
directories.
/? Shows the help.
Comments:
Do not use APPEND with Windows or 32 bit extenders.
APPEND installs itself as an internal command after its first
execution. Second and successive invocations MUST exclude the file
path and extension of the APPEND command.
APPEND supports NLS (national language support).
Examples:
First use:
C:\command\append.exe D:\Data\df1.dat
Perfectly legitimate use of the Append command for the first
invocation of append.
Wrong second use:
C:\command\append.exe D:\Data\df2.dat
Invalid second use. It results in the new append that is loaded by
command.com seeing itself in memory and exiting with an error.
Valid second use:
append D:\Data\df2.dat
Valid second use. Command.com looks at it's list of internal
commands sees append and executes it passing it the remainder of
the command line.
See also:
path
Copyright © 2004 Eduardo Casino, updated 2007 by W. Spiegl.
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