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From: bdelvecc@kinetics.com (Brian Del Vecchio)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: Lost PATH
Summary: use 'MAP INSERT' to preserve original DOS path
Keywords: path logout map insert
Message-ID: <2602@excelan.COM>
Date: 11 Jan 91 18:52:57 GMT
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Reply-To: bdelvecc@wc.novell.com (Brian Del Vecchio)
Organization: Novell Inc., Walnut Creek, CA.
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In order to preserve the original DOS path after Logout, we use the
strategy of always using MAP INSERT for creating new search drives.
This will preserve the DOS 'search drives' (entries in path variable)
while you are logged in, and when Logout deletes the NetWare search
drives from the path, the DOS entries will be left untouched.

Here's my login script:

     map display off  

REM ***** My preferred mappings  
     map root F:=sys:users/bdelvecc  
      
     map M:=proj:nw386 
     map G:=proj:nw386/devenv 
     map N:=proj:nw386/devenv/nlm 
     map p:=proj:nw386/bdv/stack
     map root S:=proj:nw386/stack  
 
     map H:=s:sys/h  
     map I:=s:include  
     map J:=g:include 
     map L:=s:lib 
     map R:=S:release/v0300b9
 
REM ***** Search mappings; 
REM ***** always use MAP INS to preserve original DOS path 
     map ins s4:=sys:public  
     map ins s4:=proj:nw386/bdv/wv
     map ins s4:=g:bin
     map ins s4:=sys:local/bin 
     map ins s4:=f:bin  
  
REM ***** Try to attach to wc-fields *****
     if "%P_STATION" != "00001B02FF4C" then begin 
          attach wc-fields/bdelvecc  
          if "%ERRORLEVEL" == "0" then begin
               map rem z:
               map t:=wc-fields/sys:system  
               map insert s4:=wc-fields/sys:public 
          end
     end 
  
     drive F:  
     #sys:public/capture
     DOS SET DEV_ENV="M:\\nw386\\devenv"

  brian del vecchio; software engineer; novell, inc.; walnut creek, ca, usa;
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