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echo: os2prog
to: Daniel Lynes
from: Jorgen De Gier
date: 1995-08-18 11:54:00
subject: Boot Drive From REXX

Hallo Daniel,

Daniel Lynes schreef dit aan Murray Lesser:

 ML>> I need to determine the current OS/2 boot drive (partition)
 ML>> from within a REXX program.  The only foolproof solution I have
 ML>> found is an external function that calls

 DL> One method you could check, although someone can always alter it in the
 DL> config.sys, is check the drive letter for the following environment
 DL> variables:

 DL> USER_INI and SYSTEM_INI

 DL> They should be, where X: is the boot drive:

 DL> USER_INI=X:\Os2\Os2.Ini
 DL> SYSTEM_INI=X:\Os2\Os2Sys.Ini

No! I have a Promise cache controller and I have to put these ini-files on a
other partition to prevent corruption of the desktop.
I don't have a solution as I don't program REXX (yet).

Toedeloe,
Jorgen de Gier

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