> > Or run the program from the new directory.  That is, more 
> to the data 
> > directory run the .exe from there.  Depends how the .exe opens the 
> > data file though.
> 
> That's where it's falling down. The program does not 
> recognise the validity of the "path" provided by the network. 
> Quite possibly something down in the NetBios/Netbeui level 
> needs playing with. 
> Apparently Banyan Vines managed it OK :-)
> 
>         Russell


Possibly the program is picking up a UNC path, \\server\dir\dir etc rather
than f:\dir\dir.

Many old programs tested filename validity by looking for the :.  If the :
was missing, it may assume you passed just a filename, and prepends the
current directory, creating a mess.  Sometimes dumber is better.

Most people tended to have fixed all this up around the Novell era.

Append might work, I forgotten about that, dunno how it handles networks or
UNC.

Tony

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