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- APPEND is useful but should be used with caution. Many programs do not use
- the PATH environment variable to locate input files. APPEND will allow such
- commands to find their input files even when they are not in the current
- directory.
-
- WARNING: While use of APPEND will allow commands to find input files, output
- files will still be written in the current directory if an explicit pathname
- is not provided. This may not produce the desired result.
-
- APPEND is typically included in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. APPEND may be executed
- multiple times to add to its list, but it can only be 127 characters long. A
- long pathname may exceed this limit. Careful use of the SUBST command before
- executing APPEND can alleviate this limitation. If the /E option is used, the
- SHELL line in CONFIG.SYS may be needed to increase the size of the DOS
- environment space.
-
- DIR with wildcards will list files in the current directory and (possibly)
- in APPENDed directories, which can get confusing.