RB> This works under 4NT, but not under 4DOS. So I need a
 RB> separate ALIAS.TXT for 4NT. I thought it's possible to use
 RB> one file for both systems.

it should be if you get the switchchars all set the same... i use
switchchars because i know that that is one of them... i'm not sure,
however, if the %& (rest of the input) character is one of those...

if not, its easy enough to handle... i twiddle a bit of majik here to set
comspec and such depending on which version of 4dos or 4os2 and which one
the environment is running in at the time that i have load them... IIRC,
loading the proper alias.txt is amongst the incantations cast ;)

)\/(ark