JOIN(DOS) UNIX System V JOIN(DOS)
Name
join - joins a disk drive to a specific path
Syntax
join [drive: drive:path]
join drive: /d
Description
With join you don't need to name physical drives with
separate drive letters. Instead, you can refer to all the
directories on a specific drive with one path. If the path
already existed before you gave the join command, you cannot
use it while the ``join'' is in effect. Also, you cannot
join a drive if it is being used by another process.
If the path does not exist, MS-DOS tries to make a directory
with that path. After you give the join command, the first
drive name becomes invalid, and if you try to use it MS-DOS
displays the ``Invalid drive'' error message.
Examples
You can join a drive only with a root level directory. For
example, this command will work:
join d: c:\sales
But the following one will not:
join d: c:\sales\regional
To reverse join (``unjoin'') use the following format:
join drive: /d
Here drive: represents the source drive, and the /d switch
turns off join.
If you just enter join, MS-DOS displays the current drives
that are joined.
Notes
join is an external command.
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