BL> There's a reason not to do that... it always checks the root.
 BL> If everything is in the root, it checks *everything* every time
 BL> you give it a command.

 FM> Are you *sure* it always checks the root? (BTW, the correct
 FM> answer is that it doesn't.) If you don't have the root in your
 FM> path create say TEST.BAT in the root, go to another dir and
 FM> type TEST. "Bad command or file name".

  Roy pointed out my error. It's a bit of a worry, actually. But in
any case I always put C:\ on the PATH and minimise what I put in
there.

 FM> I have absolutely nothing in my root that I can avoid - not
 FM> even COMMAND.COM. IBMBIO.COM, IBMDOS.COM, AUTOEXEC.BAT,
 FM> CONFIG.SYS, 2 files that 2 of my Norton utilities insist on
 FM> putting there, and a zero-length file which identifies the
 FM> drive (eg SYSTEM.04C on this one). 

  Where do you put them? I keep what gets loaded at boot and the
drivers, plus a few BAT files and the crap that bloody programs
likje Norton keep putting there. The DOS directory has 119 files
versus 30 files for the root (plus the directories). I suppose I could
create a special boot directory, but why? Isn't that what the root is
for? I thought it was just a question fo keeping the number of files
down.

Regards,
Bob
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