>AFAICR there is also a much more rarely used ***DATA*** >path feature available somewhere in the dark arcanery >of the MSDOS world. NO - that is what myself, and at least one other said, while individual programs may have used such a variable to define where to find data files, this HAS NOT been a specific feature of MSDOS, and had to be programmed into the application to find the variable, and search the paths it found therein. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist