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From: dab6@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas A. Bell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: GO.BAT and RESTART.BAT
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Date: 8 Feb 91 00:53:02 GMT
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In a previous article, 34HLEFG@CMUVM.BITNET (Mark Strandskov) says:

>Could someone please explain to me exactly what GOxxxxx.BAT and
>RESTART.BAT are for, and how can you get around them when trying
>to backup parts of your server?  I have run into problems with
>these files and I would at least like to know what Novell is
>trying to use them for.

The files GOxxxxxx.BAT and RESTART.BAT are made by the novell menu program
in order to kepp track of what it is doing.  Normally they are also
erased by the menu program, but when someone leaves the menu impolitely,
the files get left behind.

One problem that I encounter with these files is that if someone has
filed up their storage space allotment on novell and then tries to run
applications from the novell menu, the program gives an error that
it calls 'dos error 0' and then refuses to execute the application.  This
is because it can't create the GOxxxxxx.BAT file for the application.

This all is leading up to a question on my part.  Does anyone know
of an attractive looking menu system for a novell network that

   1)  Doesn't fill the drive with random little batch files,
   2)  Doesn't waste 14k of memory like novell does, or 31k like saber,
   3)  Is easy to operate & maintain
   4)  And of course, inexpensive.

Thanks in advance.
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Douglas Bell             Mathematics Student                      Cleveland,
dab6@po.cwru.edu         Case Western Reserve University          Ohio USA