>  NP> It ain't ignored ! See my previous note to paul. I think the
 >  NP> sequence of search is BAT COM EXE

 >   com, exe, bat... actually.

Ahh....

 > You are quite right. There's not
 > actually much you *need* to be on the PATH... it's just easier for
 > programmers to add theirs to the PATH and forget it.

Lazy programmers. I agree.

 >  NP> You can also add \.. to your path to force a look into the
 >  NP> parent directory of the one you are operating from.

 >   Oh. That's one I didn't know. I've been putting the root on the
 > path.

I leave that straight line pass......

Do you mean D:\  for each drive or  \. ?
 \. in the path will cover the root directory
     of the drive you are operating from.


 >  NP> ATTRIB, Resets all attributes on all files

 >   Resets them to WHAT?

It turns the attributes off.
i.e. Removes all RAS & H attributes on all files in the directory
     (current or specified)


 >  NP> DIR, Shows ALL files (inc system & hidden)

 >   I didn't know that one, either. It could be useful.

 >  NP> DIR ... Shows Directories but NOT Files

 >   Eh? No it doesn't!

 > ... ohh... the ellipsis points are part of it! Bewdy!

YOU should know that points are important.

 >   Thanks for the tips. Who said DOS was dead? It's just me.

DOS most certainly isn't dead when you can do so much in a batch file (with
the assistance of some third party Utilitys).  It is just that a lot of
people are not aware that DOS is there.

I still use batch files to do backups to floppy (or other machines over a Null
modem cable or LAN) using PKZIP and some utils to check for diskfree, etc.
Just set the batch going and walk away. With the right directory structure
it will pick up  files in newly added directories as well, without an
alteration to the Batch File.

Just checked and there are 63 files (103k) in the BAT directory of the RAMdrive.

Yell if want a ZIP full of Utilities.
 (even including peeking and poking memory)

Niels

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