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From: saddison@ca.excelan.com (Skip Addison)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: Novell volume-related problems
Message-ID: <1991Mar13.175006.17244@novell.com>
Date: 14 Mar 91 07:16:16 GMT
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References: <1991Mar12.230827.6139@uwslh.slh.wisc.edu>
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1991 17:50:06 GMT

In article <1991Mar12.230827.6139@uwslh.slh.wisc.edu> lishka@uwslh.slh.wisc.edu (a.k.a. Chri) writes:
> ...
> I have two questions:
>
>    (a) Is switching between volumes with "CD VOL:" legal in NetWare?

No.

>	On one hand, I can see why it would not be legal, given that
>	drive letters are used almost everywhere (just like in MS-DOS).
>	On the other hand, NetWare could feasibly provide extensions to
>	the CD command to allow this sort of thing.

The CD command is an *internal* command of COMMAND.COM.  We don't re-write
or patch COMMAND.COM.  It's part of the DOS command shell.
>
>    (b) If switching between volumes with "CD VOL:" is not legal, then
>	WHY THE *&^!@#@$ DOES NETWARE ALLOW THIS TO BE DONE?  Is this a 
>	bug in the CD command, or what?  Other commands (like MAP and 
>	CHKVOL) allow volume names to be used, although admittedly they
>	explictly act on volumes.  If CD is not meant to act on volume
>	names, then why doesn't CD report an error if a volume name is
>	used?

Other commands (eg. MAP & CHKVOL) are "external" commands.  Novell
provides the ".EXE" files to make them happen.  

-- Skip Addison
   SAddison@Novell.com