JOIN + Joining Drives via a DirectoryJoins a drive to a subdirectory of another drive.
VERSION
PC-DOS 2.0+
MS-DOS equivalent: JOIN (3.0+)
TYPE
External
SYNTAX
[d:][path] JOIN sd: td:\directory
or
[d:][path] JOIN td:/D
OPTIONS
[d:][path] Specifies the drive letter and path that
contain the JOIN command file.
sd: Specifies the source drive to be joined
to a directory on another drive.
td:\directory Specifies the target directory you will
join a drive under.
/D Disconnects the join. You must specify
the drive letter of the drive whose join
you are deleting.
JOIN is used to run programs that understand only floppy
disks on a hard disk system.
EXAMPLES
JOIN C: B:\HARDISK
makes files on drive C accessible by referencing them through the
subdirectory named HARDISK on drive B.
JOIN
displays all currently existing JOINs.
MESSAGES
Cannot JOIN to a network drive
The JOIN command will not join local and network drives.
Directory not empty
You have tried to use JOIN on a directory that is not empty. The
directory must be empty. Reenter the command using an empty
directory.
Invalid parameter
You have tried to use JOIN on the current directory. Reenter the
directory path using a noncurrent directory.
Invalid drive specification
You have tried to refer to a joined drive. Disconnect the join
using the /D parameter.
UNDO
Issue the command
JOIN d: /D
where d: is the drive letter of the drive whose join you wish to
delete.
NOTE
The directory you specify cannot be the root directory (\).
The directory being joined to must be empty. Do not use JOIN with
ASSIGN or SUBST. Do not use BACKUP, RESTORE, FORMAT, DISKCOPY, or
DISKCOMP while a JOIN is in effect.
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SEE ALSO
ASSIGN Command
BACKUP Command
BREAK Command
COMMAND Command
CTTY Command
DISKCOMP Command
DISKCOPY Command
EXE2BIN Command
FASTOPEN Command
FORMAT Command
RESTORE Command
SUBST Command
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