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- SUBST
- Refer to a directory as a virtual drive
- See also <ASSIGN> <JOIN>
-
- COMMAND TYPE: External VERSION: 3.1 and up
-
- USE: SUBST [d:] [d:path] [/D]
-
- d: specifies the drive letter that you will use as a substitute
- for a particular drive and path. This cannot be the default drive.
- d:path specifies the drive letter and path that you will refer to with a
- the new drive name.
- /D deletes a substitution. You must also specify the drive letter of
- the drive whose substitution you want to delete.
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- Without any arguments, SUBST reports all currently SUBSTituted drives.
-
- EXAMPLE: SUBST J: C:\DOS
- will allow you to treat the directory C:\DOS as a drive. After
- executing this SUBST command, DIR J: and DIR C:\DOS would give
- identical results.
-
- EXAMPLE: SUBST J: /D
- will delete the substitution created in the previous example.
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