On Sep 12, 2006, at 7:13 AM, Russell McMahon wrote:

>> However, DOS (i.e. IBMDOS.SYS / MSDOS.SYS) does *NOT* search
>> the path when an application opens a file.
>
> That was my point - SOMETHING allows you to do just what you said it
> doesn't do. That's what I'm looking for. I know what DOS *USUALLY*
> doesn't do. I'm looking for the feature that  changes the 'normal'
> rules.
>
I don't remember anything like that within DOS itself, but it is
certainly within the capabilities of TSR-style programs.  Perhaps
you're remembering a feature from one of those ?  Could have been
part of one of the early networking products, perhaps?  It would be a
small matter of programming to write a TSR that intercepted simple
file-open calls and searched a path beyond the default current dir.

BillW
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