Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!iuvax!bsu-cs!jtn3 From: jtn3@bsu-cs.UUCP (Jim Nelson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: program always uses drive A: Message-ID: <1186@bsu-cs.UUCP> Date: Mon, 28-Sep-87 17:12:50 EDT Article-I.D.: bsu-cs.1186 Posted: Mon Sep 28 17:12:50 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 29-Sep-87 07:27:35 EDT References: <10495@beta.UUCP> Organization: CS Dept, Ball St U, Muncie, Indiana Lines: 29 Keywords: changing hard I/O *without* using assign, subst, and company Summary: test In article <10495@beta.UUCP>, dd@beta.UUCP (Dan Davison) writes: > A problem: program always reads from drive A: > Well, this method is a kludge that I've used that may work for you: Create a batch file to execute the program similar to this. CTTY NUL SUBST A: C:\PATHNAME SUBST B: C:\PATHNAME CTTY CON PROGRAM.EXT CTTY NUL SUBST A: /D SUBST B: /D CTTY CON I've run into a couple of programs that this won't work with, but only they are reading an absolute disk sector, and they need the floppy in anyway. =========================================================================== Jim Nelson UUCP: !{iuvax,pur-ee,uunet}!bsu-cs!jtn3 515 N. Main Fairmount, IN 46928 "Sex" is not the answer, "Sex?" is the question. "Yes" is the answer. ===========================================================================