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From: brown@nicmad.UUCP (Mr. Video)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Problem: duplicate .BAT and .COM in DOS 3.3
Message-ID: <1734@nicmad.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 29-Jun-87 10:45:21 EDT
Article-I.D.: nicmad.1734
Posted: Mon Jun 29 10:45:21 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 1-Jul-87 02:01:16 EDT
References: <302@ashtate.UUCP>
Reply-To: brown@nicmad.UUCP (Mr. Video)
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Keywords: DOS 3.3 BAT batch

In article <302@ashtate.UUCP> cy@ashtate.UUCP (Cy Shuster) writes:
<In DOS 3.3, if you have FOO.BAT and FOO.COM in the same subdirectory,
<the COM program is always executed, even if you type "FOO.BAT" at the
<DOS prompt -- or even "CALL FOO.BAT" (didn't try DETACH :-) ). EXEs
<also override .BAT. Happens on a PS/2 Mod 30 as well as AT 339. Surely
<this isn't a feature?

Yep, it is a feature.  The program searcher, within DOS, searches for the
program name, ignoring the extension.  Search order is EXE, COM and then BAT.

In general, the rule is never have programs with the same name having different
extensions, reside in the same directory.
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