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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.
cmd.exe. Command Prompt, also known as cmd.exe or cmd, is the default command-line interpreter for the OS/2, [1] eComStation, ArcaOS, Microsoft Windows ( Windows NT family and Windows CE family ), and ReactOS [2] operating systems. On Windows CE .NET 4.2, [3] Windows CE 5.0 [4] and Windows Embedded CE 6.0 [5] it is referred to as the Command ...
COMMAND.COM is the default command-line interpreter for MS-DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows Me.In the case of DOS, it is the default user interface as well. It has an additional role as the usual first program run after boot (init process), hence being responsible for setting up the system by running the AUTOEXEC.BAT configuration file, and being the ancestor of all processes.
As MS-DOS 7.0 was a part of Windows 95, support for it also ended when Windows 95 extended support ended on December 31, 2001. [83] As MS-DOS 7.10 and MS-DOS 8.0 were part of Windows 98 and Windows ME respectively, support ended when Windows 98 and ME extended support ended on July 11, 2006, thus ending support and updates of MS-DOS from Microsoft.
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 ...
A command prompt (or just prompt) is a sequence of (one or more) characters used in a command-line interface to indicate readiness to accept commands. It literally prompts the user to take action. A prompt usually ends with one of the characters $ , % , # , [ 15 ] [ 16 ] : , > or - [ 17 ] and often includes other information, such as the path ...
Windows Console is the infrastructure for console applications in Microsoft Windows. An instance of a Windows Console has a screen buffer and an input buffer. It allows console apps to run inside a window or in hardware text mode (so as to occupy the entire screen). The user can switch between the two using the Alt + ↵ Enter key combination.
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 ...