-=> On 21 Oct 99  00:17:30, Bat Lang wrote to Scott Jones <=-


 SJ> Norloff's BBS as AWGT1512.ZIP.  I use it fairly regularly.
 SJ> Installation and configuration is quite easy, and it's freeware.

 BL> I seldom (read: almost never) resort to drag 'n drop since I never use
 BL> a gui to do a text kind of job. I always prefer text type tools to GUI,
 BL> which is why I like NFTP, OS2C et al. I don't even own a mouse. {^;

I don't use a mouse, either (well, okay, it's a trackball ;)).  I tend
to prefer text-mode when I can get it, but will make do with GUI if
necessary.

 BL> BTW, I already have in my CFSys file: "SET HOME=D:\NcFTP\".
 BL> Is that similar to the PATH in that it can take multiple entries,
 BL> delimited by ';'?

 SJ> No, it only takes one entry.

 BL> That seems short sighted of OS/2. I have seen several pgms that asked

It's more of an artifact of the *nix environment these programs came
from.  There, each user usually has their own directory under /home
where various programs keep configuration files specific to that user.
Of course, this concept doesn't work quite the same under a single-user
OS such as OS/2.

 BL> for that entry for THEIR pgm. Does that mean multiple entries of
 BL> SET HOME=. ??  Thanks, as always for your good counsel.

There can only be one "SET HOME=" entry.

One can, however, start a program via a .cmd file with a SET HOME=
statement in it, which will override the global HOME variable.
Personally, I prefer having just the one HOME directory, as it allows me
to keep each individual apps config files in one central location that is
easy to backup.

                              Scott Jones
                        (sjones@crosswinds.net)


... I know that she loves me when there's an absence of gunfire and lawsuits.
 
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