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- PATH
- Sets the path of directories that DOS will search for programs
- See also <APPEND>
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- The current directory is always searched first.
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- COMMAND TYPE: Internal VERSION: 2.0 and up
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- USE: PATH [[d:]path[[;[d:] path]...]]]
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- d: path; d: path;... define the paths that DOS will search for
- commands and programs. The paths are separated by ";" and the maximum
- length is 127 characters.
- PATH with no arguments will report the current path.
- PATH ; will delete the current path.
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- COMMAND.COM uses PATH to search for commands and programs. The current
- directory is always searched first, followed by the directories in the PATH
- command, in the order specified. Executable files have extensions .COM,
- .EXE, and .BAT . Within each directory the search order is COM, EXE, BAT.
- The path is stored in the environment string PATH.
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