Russel, you were right. APPEND is the command for that... I completly forgot
that one!

http://www.easydos.com/append.html

Tamas


On 12/09/06, Russell McMahon <apptech@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>
> >> 1.    Dim memory assures me that MSDOS had (has) a data-path
> >> command
> >> that would allow data to be referenced by filename without a path
> >> specifier if it was anywhere on the data path. ie just as
>
> > However, DOS (i.e. IBMDOS.SYS / MSDOS.SYS) does *NOT* search
> > the path when an application opens a file.
>
> That was my point - SOMETHING allows you to do just what you said it
> doesn't do. That's what I'm looking for. I know what DOS *USUALLY*
> doesn't do. I'm looking for the feature that  changes the 'normal'
> rules.
>
> > So, if your program tries to
> > open the file "MYDATA.DAT", the DOS call will try to do so from the
> > current directory, not the current directory plus the directories
> > specified
> > in the PATH.
>
> Which is eactly the opposite for data purposes to the feature I'm
> looking for.
>
> >> Such a capability is extremely dangerous, and also sometimes
> >> useful.
>
> I can't imagine what people can think I mean by the above line, given
> the answers I'm getting :-).
>
> > Another fun (and useful!) command is SUBST, where a drive letter may
> > be used to substitute for a path.  i.e.
> >   SUBST Q: C:\MYAPP\DATADIR
> > will access the directory C:\MYAPP\DATADIR whenever Q: is used.
>
> ***BUT*** SUBST will not work over a network path, which is what I
> explictly want the feature to do.
>
>
>
>         RM
>
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