For a friend.
I have no direct involvement with the following.
Nobody is going to take your advice if you suggest buying new windows 
aware applications software :-).



1.    Dim memory assures me that MSDOS had (has) a data-path command 
that would allow data to be referenced by filename without a path 
specifier if it was anywhere on the data path. ie just as

        path C:\windows;c:\UTIL;C:\FOXPRO;C:\

allows programs anywhere in the directories on the path to be accessed 
by name the data equivalent allowed data to be accessed similarly.

Such a capability is extremely dangerous, and also sometimes useful.
A friend wants top do something with an olllld DOS program that may 
benefit from this feature.
Anyone know how it is/was accessed?
Gargle seems to know far too much about the terms 'data path' to be 
easily driven to reveal anything useful.


2.    Same problem but different maybe.

WIN98 on N PCs on LAN.

DOS program on PC A runs OK.
Same program on PC B runs OK.
But run program on B and specify data location as on A via mapped 
drive etc and it no go.
Need better way for non network-aware program on B to 'see' data files 
on A.
Any thoughts.

As the DOS program is run on only one PC at any one time top avoid 
data corruption and synchronisation issues I suggested doing a copy of 
files to the PC of choice prior to operation and copying altered files 
back after use plus a basic control system to prevent more than one PC 
accessing the system at a time. Should be easy enough to do and I'd 
guess it would be rapid enough but "doing it properly" would be nicer.




        Russell


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