Associates a path with a drive letter. If used without parameters, subst displays the names of the virtual drives in effect.
For examples of how to use this command, see Examples.
subst [<Drive1>: [<Drive2>:]<Path>]
subst <Drive1>: /d
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Parameter
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Description
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<Drive1>:
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Specifies the virtual drive to which you want to assign a path.
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[<Drive2>:]<Path>
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Specifies the physical drive and path that you want to assign to a virtual drive.
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/d
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Deletes a substituted (virtual) drive.
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/?
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Displays help at the command prompt.
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The following commands do not work and should not be used on drives that are specified in the subst command:
chkdsk
diskcomp
diskcopy
format
label
recover
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The Drive1 parameter must be within the range that is specified by the lastdrive command. If not, subst displays the following error message:
Invalid parameter - drive1:
To create a virtual drive Z for the path B:\User\Betty\Forms, type:
subst z: b:\user\betty\forms
Instead of typing the full path, you can reach this directory by typing the letter of the virtual drive followed by a colon as follows: