Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!caen!hellgate.utah.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!nosc!baron!jadpc!jdeitch From: jdeitch@jadpc.cts.com (Jim Deitch) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs Subject: Re: When NFS fails Message-ID: <1991May06.174006.3166@jadpc.cts.com> Date: 6 May 91 17:40:06 GMT References: <1991Apr30.165109.23950@jadpc.cts.com> <1991Apr30.221106.8559@usasoc.soc.mil> <578@rc6.urc.tue.nl> Organization: Network Engineering Technologies, San Diego, CA. Lines: 19 In article <578@rc6.urc.tue.nl> rcstack@urc.tue.nl writes: >In article <1991Apr30.221106.8559@usasoc.soc.mil> ted@usasoc.soc.mil (Ted Nolan) writes: >>We have used this from time to time, and it seems to work. > >Or: use: shell=command.com /p /e:1024 /f in your config.sys. > ^^ >This is an undocumented switch which, at least in dos 3.30 and 4.01 causes >dos to generate a Fail on any critical error. We use this on our BBS and it >works just fine. > It does work, but I need to return an error to the process. Does this do that? Jim -- ARPANET: jadpc!jdeitch@nosc.mil INTERNET: jdeitch@jadpc.cts.com UUCP: nosc!jadpc!jdeitch