Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!macs.UUCP!mgb From: mgb@macs.UUCP (Michael Branton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro Subject: what does this really mean ? Message-ID: <00004NT@ki4pv.compu.com> Date: 1 Jan 91 15:14:19 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 15 If I change my switch character to - by using switchar, some programs die with the message "specified COMMAND search directory bad." What does this mean, and how can it be fixed (w/o not changing my switch character ?) -- -mgb ...{killer,allegra,decvax!ucf-cs,uflorida}!ki4pv!macs!mgb : UUCP mgb@stetson : BITNET