ar12@prism.gatech.EDU (REGISTER,ANDREW H) (04/12/91)
From DOS:
Create a dir called c:\test* where * = <alt>-254 (hold down alt and on the numeric
keypad, type 254 and release alt).
Now cd into the directory: cd \test*
Create another directory: md test2
Copy a file into it: copy ..\autoexec.bat
Substitute: subst z: c:\test*
(you may have to add lastdrive=z to your config.sys file)
From Win 3.0:
Load File Manager
Move to c: drive
test* should not show a + even though it has a sub directory
double click on test* and filemgr reports it is empty.
try to move a file into test* and filemgr reports an error.
Now move to z: drive.
All the stuff is there!
Kind of like a virtual disk drive that filemgr does not let you get into trouble
with (ie. trying to copy from c:\test* to z:).
Curiosity: <alt>-254 is the only key code I could find that experiences this
behavior.
I would like to know if this works for anyone else. I have tried it on two
machines.
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