anderson@uwmacc.UUCP (02/14/87)
In article <58200017@gorgo.UUCP%, ddrex@gorgo.UUCP writes: % > Keywords: Please respond % > Xref: burdvax comp.sys.ibm.pc:1458 comp.sys.tandy:89 comp.sys.misc:289 % > I have a Tandy 1000 (PC compat) with a 20MB hard drive in it. Now, I % > have a problem using the hard drive. I can't seem to run programs that % > have support files associated with them (Procomm, Emacs, etc) from any % > directory other than their resident directories. Specifically, if I'm % > in directory \games, and want to run, say PROCOMM in drive \comm, how do % > I do this? I have a PATH set, but that only finds the program, not the % > associated support files. How do I arrange my hard drive to get around % > this? % > Steve Cooper % > ...!seismo!umcp-cs!jhunix!ins_asac % > jhunix!ins_asac@CSNET % A stayres called SEARCH, available from many IBM-PC oriented bbs's, % [etc...] % Two minor problems: (1) when downloading with procomm, if there is % another file in the search path with the same name as the one you're % trying to fetch, procomm will rename the incoming; % David Drexler % ddrex@gorgo.ATT.COM Assuming you're using DOS 3.x and ProComm 2.4.x, include this line in your environment (put in your AUTOEXEC.BAT): set procomm=c:\xxx where xxx is the path of the directory where your keep procomm's .PRM, .DIR, etc. files. When you invoke ProComm, it looks for the the environment variable procomm= to find its files. Using the TSR program called SEARCH may lead to the downloading problem mentioned (don't know, haven't tried it). However, you can indicate to ProComm a pathname for its download directory by going <alt-S>, choose item 4 (general setup), then choosing item 2 (d/l path). Be sure you end this path and xxx above with a \ character. That should fix you up. -- ==ARPA:==============anderson@unix.macc.wisc.edu===Jess Anderson====== | UUCP: {harvard,seismo,rutgers, (avoid ihnp4!) 1210 W. Dayton | | akgua,allegra,usbvax}!uwvax!uwmacc!anderson Madison, WI 53706 | ==BITNET:======================anderson@wiscmacc===608/263-6988=======