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From: halff@nprdc.arpa (Henry Halff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: How to add to PATH on the fly?
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Date: 6 Jul 88 15:29:51 GMT
References: <688@crcmar.crc.uucp>
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In article <688@crcmar.crc.uucp> patrick@crcmar.crc.uucp (Andrew Patrick) writes:
>There is probably a simple answer to this question, but here it is
>anyway:
>
>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.

Here are two simple batch programs that do what you want

PATHPLUS.BAT
set oldpath=%path%
path %path%;%1

PATHREST.BAT
set path=%oldpath%

HH