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From: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Large number of files slows machine.
Message-ID: <7244@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 22 Dec 88 06:27:45 GMT
References: <8545@j.cc.purdue.edu> <7192@chinet.chi.il.us> <1078@pilchuck.Data-IO.COM> <10723@s.ms.uky.edu>
Reply-To: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell)
Organization: Chinet - Public Access Unix
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In article <10723@s.ms.uky.edu> simon@ms.uky.edu (Simon Gales) writes:

>DOS is having to search through a _lot_ of files
>to find the one it wants to open.  If the directory is in your path,
>it should at least be the last one.

Is there any way to avoid having DOS search your current directory
(i.e. only look in the PATH) for programs?  This is especially a problem
when working in large directories over a network.

Les Mikesell