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From: ersys!davem@nro.cs.athabascau.ca (Dave McCrady)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Re: PATH statement
Message-ID: <P2R0w1w163w@ersys.uucp>
Date: 12 Feb 91 19:01:48 GMT
References: <1991Feb11.170645.370@sc2a.unige.ch>
Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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fisher@sc2a.unige.ch writes:

> In article <26780@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU>, jdb@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Brian K. W. Ho
> > [...] I have one hard drive, so I have lots of stuff like:
> > 
> > PATH=C:\BIN\WINDOWS;C:\BIN\WINDOWS\EXCEL;C:\DOS\UTILS\NORTON50;etc. etc.
> > 
> > I tried using the SUBST for the more frequently accesed directories:
> > 
> > SUBST U: C:\DOS\UTILS
> > 
> > So I could use U: instead, but Windows 3.0 chokes on the SUBST command.
> > 
> > Any pointers?
> > 
> > Brian
> 
> I never heard of Windows choking on a SUBSTitution, would you please explain
> what happens?  The only thing I can think of would be a dislike for
> "PATH=F:;G:;H:..." instead of "PATH=F:\;G:\;H:\...".  If it was anything more
> serious, I'd be quite dissapointed!
> 
> Markus Fischer, Dpt of Anthropology, Geneva CH

  Have you defined the number of logical drives high enough so the
subst command will see drive U?  Try a line such as:
lastdrive=z
in your config.sys.


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