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     PATH(DOS)         UNIX System V          PATH(DOS)



     Name
          path - sets a command search path


     Syntax
               path [drive:][path][;[drive:][path]...]

          or

          path ;


     Description
          The path command lets you tell MS-DOS which  directories  to
          search  for external commands after it searches your working
          directory.  The default value is no path.

          For instance, to tell MS-DOS to search  the  \bin  directory
          for  external commands, you would simply enter path followed
          by the directory name \bin.  Then, until you exit MS-DOS  or
          set  another  path,  MS-DOS  searches the \bin directory for
          external commands.

          You can  tell  MS-DOS  to  search  more  than  one  path  by
          specifying  several  paths  separated by semicolons.  If you
          use path without options, it prints the current path.  And
          if you use the following command, MS-DOS sets the NUL path:

               path ;


     Example
          The  following  command  tells  MS-DOS   to   search   three
          directories  to  find external commands (the three paths for
          these directories are \user\pete, b:\user\emily, and \bin):

               path \user\pete;b:\user\emily;\bin

          MS-DOS searches the paths in the order specified in path.


     Notes
          path is an internal command.


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