nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) (08/12/88)
Has anyone noticed that trying to use the root directory in your path doesn't really work right? For example, try using "a:" in your path. Command.com takes "a:", and appends "\" to it, and searches "a:\:. However, the standard interpretation of "a:" is "the current directory on a:". Programs using Turbo C's searchpath() use that interpretation. So, you would think that it would be better to use "a:\" in the path. Wrong, it doesn't work. Command.com takes "a:\", and appends *another* "\" to it, and fails to search "a:\\". Obviously, command.com isn't checking to see if the path element ends in "\". The solution that we're using is to put both into the pathname: set path=a:;a:\ Hope this helps someone. -- nelson@clutx.bitnet, nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu, uunet!clutx.clarkson.edu!nelson
marco@hpmcaa.HP.COM (Marco Dalla-Gasperina) (08/16/88)
What about trying
PATH a:.
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