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- SUBJECT : DOS Dir Command on Network
- DATE : 6/7/90
- FYI # : 060790ew
- OS VERSION : All
- REVISION :
- SHELL VERSION :
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- GENERAL INFORMATION : The question has arisen concerning doing a directory
- on a network volume from a local drive.
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- C:>dir sys:
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- for example, returns the directory of sys:\, but also remaps the c: drive to
- sys:. The explanation for this is that DOS 3.x uses FCB's to handle the
- request, and this necessitates changing to the directory being searched.
- Hence, the drive is remapped. DOS 4.0 uses file handles and doesn't have this
- problem.
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- YOUR NAME AND DEPT. : Earle Wells
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- (XX) This information has been verified.
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- ( ) This is useful information, but has not been verified.
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