Command promt question

[fredstek]

Can some one please give me a detailed answer on this question ?

In command mode, if you enter the command PATH <ENTER> you will get an output similar to the one shown below.

PATH = C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS

Research how you would append another entry to the current DOS path variable. Ie I wish to append the directory C:\PATHTEST to the existing path listings, while still maintaining the existing entries. What command must I enter to achieve this?

Note: It is quite safe to enter PATH or PATH /? , however do not enter any other path related commands on your computer.

TYPE the command you would use in the box below,

To append C:\pathtest to my existing DOS path I would enter the command:

 

[root]

how detailed do you want?

I assume you know that path refers to a list of directories where the command prompt will look for programs to run? like in dos when you type copy, that's not really a dos command, that's actually a program that sits in your system32 folder.

well to add new paths to the global variable path you use the following command

path = (to change the path
%path% (to add the existing path that's already there)
; (to separate the directories)
c:\dos (and example of a path that you might add)

put it all together.

path = %path%;C:\dos

so in your case you might see this

c:\>Path

c:\>PATH = C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS

c:\>path = %path%;c:\dos

c:\>path

c:\>PATH = C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;c:\dos

 

[UK31337]

If you go into the System bit on Control Panel, click around until you find a button marked "Environment Variables", that's just a GUI-driven way of doing what root said.

Instead of having to run the command in Command Prompt, you could do it that way. Makes no difference, mind you.

 

[root]

doing it at the command prompt doesn't save it, the system variable GUI way does.