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From: mds7958@ritcv.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: HELP with subst in an autoexec.bat
Message-ID: <231@ritcv.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 6-Apr-87 17:47:25 EST
Article-I.D.: ritcv.231
Posted: Mon Apr  6 17:47:25 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 8-Apr-87 23:38:06 EST
Reply-To: mds7958@ritcv.UUCP (Mark Sicignano)
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
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Xref: utgpu comp.misc:425 comp.sys.ibm.pc:2756

I am having a problem with using subst in a batch file.
I want to make a directory (c:\disk.e) accessible simply by using a drive name
(e:).

The problem is that when I start up my system, and the commands in the
autoexec.bat file are executed, I get the following error.

the autoexec.bat file
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
| echo off
| prompt $e[31;1m$d  $e[32m$t$h$h$h$_$e[33m$p $g $e[0m
| path c:\dos;c:\batches
| dir c:\dos\lastused > c:\dos\lastlog
| type c:\dos\lastused > c:\dos\lastused
| c:\dos\subst e: c:\disk.e

the error message
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
| C>
| C> echo off
| Cannot SUBST a network drive

When I re-execute the autoexec.bat file manually, it makes the substitution
without difficulty.

Does anybody know why this happens and how to make it work correctly?
I am using a Leading Edge Model D with 512K, one floppy (a:), a 30 megabyte
hard disk (c:), and MS-DOS 3.1.  Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

                          Thanks,

                          Mark Sicignano
                          {allegra,seismo}!rochester!ritcv!mds7958