DOS Subst

DOS Subst

An external command that creates a virtual drive and provides a shortcut for referencing long path names. For example, to reference C:\KAREN\BUDGETS with drive K:, type:

       subst k: c:\karen\budgets

If you were in the root, you could display MYFILE by typing:

           C:\>type k:myfile

instead of

     C:\>type c:\karen\budgets\myfile

To cancel the K disk, type:

            subst k: /d

Important!
The last drive letter is normally E. See DOS Lastdrive. Do not use Assign, Backup, Chkdsk, Diskcomp, Diskcopy, Fdisk, Format, Join, Label, Recover, Restore and Sys on a virtual drive.