Personal Computer User Manual

You can use either relative or absolute pathnames at any time,
as long as you give MS-DOS enough information to find the
directory or file at the end of the pathname.
Including Filenames With Pathnames
You can use a pathname when you want to access a file that is
not in the current directory. You specify the name of the file
you want to access at the end of the pathname, like this:
TYPE \WORDPROC\PERSONAL\JEAN1204.DOC
This command tells MS-DOS to list on screen (TYPE) the
contents of the text file JEAN1204.DOC which is stored in the
directory \ WORDPROC \ PERSONAL. You separate the name
of a file from the name of a directory with a backslash.
Including Drive Letters With Pathnames and Filenames
To access a file stored on a drive other than the current drive,
you need to include a drive designator (A :, for example) as well
as a filename. If the file you want is not stored in the current
directory of that drive, you also need to include a pathname.
For example, if you are logged onto the root directory of drive C
and you want to delete the file JEAN1204.DOC stored in the
directory \ WORDPROC \ PERSONAL of drive A, type the
following and press Enter:
DEL A:\WORDPROC\PERSONAL\JEANl204.DOC
If you change drives and then try to access a file on the previous
drive, MS-DOS remembers which directory was the current
directory the last time you were logged onto that drive. For
example, suppose that the last time you were logged onto
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