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From: tanner@ki4pv.UUCP (Tanner Andrews)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: Extending the UNIX pathname syntax
Message-ID: <221@ki4pv.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 3-May-85 11:51:18 EDT
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Posted: Fri May  3 11:51:18 1985
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Yes, your (and our northern branch's) intel boxes do accept the funny-
looking stuff with a pathname like "/dev/dvf0:foobar.exe".  It should
be noted, however, that this is done by having the "dos___" commands
parse the filename specially.  There is NO support for this in the op
system, or even in any other progs besides the special ms-dos disk
processing progs.

To save a little typing, you might define the following entry in the
file /etc/default/msdos (if it does not exist):
	A=/dev/dvf0
	B=/dev/dzf0
Then, when you want to access ms-dos disks, you may say "dos___ A:/foo"
instead of "dos___ /dev/dvf0:/foo".  Case matters in the "A:..." syntax.
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<standard disclaimers apply, copies upon request>	Tanner Andrews, KI4PV