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- This README file accompanies CHDIRFIX. The following file(s) is included for
- this patch:
-
- CHDIRFIX.EXE 13204 bytes 06-11-90
-
-
- CHDIRFIX.EXE is a patch utility that modifies the SERVER.EXE file of NetWare
- 386 v3.0. DOS allows a user to specify a directory name by ending the name with
- a period. This period is ignored by DOS, but not by NetWare. For example: if
- a user had a directory named TEMP, DOS would allow the user to type "CD TEMP"
- or "CD TEMP." to change directories. Under NetWare 386 v3.0, the latter command
- would generate an "Invalid directory" error message.
-
- Although this should rarely be a problem, some applications append the period
- character to the end of a directory name before searching for the existence of
- the directory.
-
- Directory names which have a period character embedded in them will not be
- affected by this patch (EXAMPLE: "TEST.DAT"). NetWare 386 already treats these
- directories the same as DOS.
-
-
- To implement CHDIRFIX:
-
- 1) Copy CHDIRFIX.EXE into the same directory as SERVER.EXE.
-
- 2) Type CHDIRFIX. The program will patch the file and notify the user when
- finished.
-
-
- *******************************************************************************
- NOTE
-
- Novell's intentions for this software patch is to provide a temporary
- work-around to the anomalies described in this file. Such work-arounds are
- typically addressed in future releases of NetWare. Novell strongly recommends
- a backup be made before any patch is applied.
- *******************************************************************************