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From: del@Data-IO.COM (Erik Lindberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: FOLLOW-UP: Microsoft C V5.1 Setup Warning
Message-ID: <880@pilchuck.Data-IO.COM>
Date: 5 May 88 20:02:23 GMT
References: <1455@slvblc.UUCP> <1468@slvblc.UUCP>
Reply-To: del@pilchuck.Data-IO.COM (Erik Lindberg)
Organization: Data I/O Corporation; Redmond, WA
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Keywords: stupid careless write-protect backup shucks darn


Beginning your path with a "." is a waste of disk accesses, since MSDOS
will always check "." before starting in on your PATH!

Putting "." in your PATH will cause MSDOS to search "." twice...

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del (Erik Lindberg) 
uw-beaver!tikal!pilchuck!del