Microsoft DOS assign command
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About assign
Availability
Syntax
Examples
Additional information
About assign
Introduced with MS-DOS 2.0 and has been available up to 6.0 where it was removed because of concern with data issues. Was latter made available on the MS-DOS 6.0, 6.2 and 6.22 supplemental disks. The assign command redirects disk operation on one drive to a different drive.
Any users using Windows 95 or above should not use this command and consider using the SUBST command as a substitute.
Availability
The assign command is an external command file named assign.com and is available in the below Microsoft operating systems.
MS-DOS 2.0 - 6.0, 6.2, 6.22
Syntax
ASSIGN Source = Target /status
| ASSIGN |
Assign with no switches cancels redirected drive assignments and sets them back to their original drives. |
| Source |
Letters of source drives |
| Target |
Letters of target drives |
| /status |
Lists current drive assignments |
Examples
ASSIGN A: = B:
ASSIGN A = B = C - Assigns A as B and B as C.
Additional information
The assign command does not work with format, diskcopy, diskcomp, backup, label, restore, print or subst.
Warning: Do not use a colon after a drive letter in versions prior to 5.0. |
