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From: gahooten@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Greg A. Hooten)
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Subject: Re: Question on DOS APPEND command
Keywords: APPEND
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Date: 12 May 89 22:26:22 GMT
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In article <11686@s.ms.uky.edu> simon@ms.uky.edu (G. Simon Gales) writes:
>When APPEND is installed, and I do a 'dir a:', I get the root directory
>of the current disk (harddisk).   I cannot read the directory on the 
>floppy without making it my current drive first.  

(Stuff deleted...)

>Has anyone else noticed this?  Append seems really screwy sometimes...
>
>  Simon Gales@University of Ky

The DOS Append command in DOS 3.3 did the same thing.  In DOS
3.3, if the drive that you attempt to read had  no data in it,
then the append command takes over.  The first appended path
is searched, and if it has files, then those are displayed.
IF there is nothing in that appended directory, then the next
in the path.  This actually makes sence since the append
command tries to satisfy whatever command you give it by
searching first the current drive, then any appended drive (as
long as the command append /x /e is in the Autoexec.bat file.
You can eliminate that append command by typing APPEND;
This will stop the append from being used.

GAH!