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  2.  P A T H  (Set Search Directory)  COMMAND                                     
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  4.                                                                               
  5.  Purpose: Enables the computer to look for an entered command in a specified  
  6.           alternate directory, if the command is not found in the current     
  7.           directory.                                                          
  8.                                                                               
  9.  Format:  PATH [[d:]path;]...                                                 
  10.                                                                               
  11.  Remarks: You may specify a list of drives and path names, separated by semi- 
  12.           colons (note that path names must be specified and will not default 
  13.           to the current directory).  Then, when you enter a command that is  
  14.           not found in the current directory of the drive that was specified  
  15.           (or implied) with the command, DOS searches the named directories   
  16.           in the sequence you entered them.  The current directory is not     
  17.           changed and the PATH command entered is remembered until the compu- 
  18.           ter is rebooted or turned off.                                      
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  20.           Typing PATH with no parameters displays the current path.  Typing   
  21.           PATH with only a semicolon (PATH;) resets the search path to null.  
  22.                                                                               
  23.                                                                               
  24.  Example: PATH  would display the current searching path for DOS commands.    
  25.                                                                               
  26.           PATH C:\HANDLER;\LOTUS  would set the searching path for, first,    
  27.           the \HANDLER directory, and then for \LOTUS directory.              
  28.