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APPEND. Sets the path to be searched for data files or displays the current search path. The APPEND command is similar to the PATH command that tells DOS where to search for program files (files with a .COM, . EXE, or .BAT file name extension). The command is available in MS-DOS versions 3.2 and later.
MS-DOS ( / ˌɛmˌɛsˈdɒs / em-es-DOSS; acronym for Microsoft Disk Operating System, also known as Microsoft DOS) is an operating system for x86 -based personal computers mostly developed by Microsoft. Collectively, MS-DOS, its rebranding as IBM PC DOS, and a few operating systems attempting to be compatible with MS-DOS, are sometimes ...
The boot screen and command-line interface of MS-DOS 6, with an example of its directory structure The boot screen and command-line interface of FreeDOS, showing version information and an example of its directory structure. DOS (/ d ɒ s /, / d ɔː s /) is a family of disk-based operating systems for IBM PC compatible computers. [1]
The category Internal DOS commands deals with articles about DOS commands built into the command processor ( COMMAND.COM, 4DOS.COM, NDOS.COM, DOSPLUS.COM, DRDOS.COM, CDOS.COM, MDOS.COM, TMP.EXE, etc.) rather than available through separate executable files. (For articles about commands not built into the command processor see category External ...
cmd.exe interacts with the user through a command-line interface. On Windows, this interface is implemented through the Win32 console. cmd.exe may take advantage of features available to native programs of its own platform. For example, on OS/2 and Windows, it can use real pipes in command pipelines, allowing both sides of the pipeline to run ...
The category DOS commands deals with articles related to internal and external commands supported by members of the family of DOS compatible operating systems for IBM PC compatible computers, such as MS-DOS, PC DOS, DR DOS, Concurrent DOS, Multiuser DOS, REAL/32, FlexOS, Novell DOS, PalmDOS, OpenDOS, FreeDOS, RxDOS, ROM-DOS, Embedded DOS, etc.
TYPE (DOS command) In computing, type is a command in various command-line interpreters ( shells) such as COMMAND.COM, cmd.exe, 4DOS / 4NT and Windows PowerShell used to display the contents of specified files on the computer terminal. The analogous Unix command is cat .
The category Windows commands deals with articles related to internal and external commands supported by members of the Windows family of operating systems including Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE and Windows ME as well as the NT family. Commands which are specific to DOS must be listed in Category:DOS commands (or its sub-categories ...