Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!killer!richardh
From: richardh@killer.UUCP (Richard Hargrove)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: How to add to PATH on the fly?
Summary: extend and restore PATH var
Message-ID: <4591@killer.UUCP>
Date: 25 Jun 88 12:56:39 GMT
References: <688@crcmar.crc.uucp>
Organization: The Unix(R) Connection, Dallas, Texas
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In article <688@crcmar.crc.uucp>, patrick@crcmar.crc.uucp (Andrew Patrick) writes:
> How can I add directories to my PATH specification on the fly?
> 
> I want to leave the path as it is and simply add directories on the
> end.  I don't want to edit AUTOEXEC.BAT and reboot, and I don't want
> the changes to be permanent.

The simplest way to do this is to create two .BAT files named, say, PA.BAT
and ADDPA.bat. Their contents:

ADDPA.BAT:

	PATH %PATH%;%1

PA.BAT:

	PATH {the same path definition you have in command.com}

To add a PATH node, you enter

	ADDPA {pathnode}

To restore the original PATH, you enter

	PA

OF course, if you use some sort of shell or interface enhancement utility
like [P]CED, there may be other ways to accomplish the same thing without
eating up disk space.

richard hargrove
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