Syntax APPEND Drive: \Path /X /E Path:on or off
| Drive: | The drive letter to be searched. |
| \Path | The path to be searched. |
| /X :on or :off | Extends the DOS search path for specified files when executing programs. Processes SEARCH FIRST, FIND FIRST and EXEC functions. The :ON and :OFF are new to version MS-DOS 5.0, |
| /Path :on or :off | If path is already included for a program file, :on tells program to also search in appended directories. Default= :on. Note: The default value of = :on was added in MS-DOS 5.0 and above |
| /E | Causes the appended path to be stored in the DOS environment and searched for there. |
| ; | Use ";" to separate multiple Drive:\path statements on one line. |
Examples Note: You can not use any paths on the same command line as /X & /E. The :ON and :OFF options are only available in MS-DOS 5.0 and later. Do not append within a Windows environment. The append command can be used on a network. Invalid drive specifications will not be detected until DOS attempts to use the search path to find specified files. append Using append alone will display the current search path. append c:\docs;c:\letters;c:\files Sets the computer to look for files in the docs, letters and files directory, therefore when typing a command such as: "edit myfile.txt" if the file is not present in the current directory the computer would also look for the file in docs, letters and files directory. | 
