Hi, Bob.

BL>  RM> cd c:\apps\grunge grunge.exe %1

BL>  BL> Thanks, Roy. Whatta good idea! My PATH is running into the
BL>  BL> 256-byte limit so it's come just in time.

BL>  PE> BTW, the ".exe" at the end is ignored, as far as I'm aware.
BL>  PE> BFN.

BL>   Yair... I was shocked to find that Pascal requires the full name.

No, DOS does (these days?) I thought exactly as Paul did but I was
testing my new Exec unit at the weekend and wanted to see what DOS
did for comparison. Created testexec.exe and testexec.bat and no
testexec.com.

TESTEXEC     runs testexec.exe
TESTEXEC.EXE runs testexec.exe
TESTEXEC.BAT runs testexec.bat
TESTEXEC.COM "Bad command or file name"

When did they change this????

BL>   It was the idea I liked, not the execution. He should have added
BL> "c:" and "cd\" lines as well, to return to the
root directory (or
BL> wherever), but it never occurred to me to replace most of the PATH
BL> with batch files. That's the idea I liked.

Much easier just to put *everything* in the root directory I would have
thought. :-)

Regards, fIM.

 * * I speak English, but COBOL-85 is my native tongue...
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