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> RY> So what am I doing wrong ? > AFAIK this is an OS/2 "feature". Actually, the retention of the directory after program termination is an "MSDOS feature". It is the only 'modern' operating system that doesn't handled it on a process basis, as OS/2 does. > The only way I know of to do what you want is to change > directory from within a .CMD file before running your > program. Yes - REXX or some similar command environment which shared the same process space as the command interpreter can do it. Regards, David ---* Origin: Unique Computing, Melbourne, Australia (3:632/348) SEEN-BY: 50/99 620/243 623/630 632/103 348 998 633/371 634/384 388 635/301 SEEN-BY: 635/502 503 544 727 639/100 711/401 409 410 413 430 510 807 808 809 SEEN-BY: 711/932 934 712/515 713/888 714/906 800/1 7877/2809 @PATH: 632/103 348 635/503 50/99 711/808 809 934 |
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