From:	"A.Appleyard" <A DOT APPLEYARD AT fs2 DOT mt DOT umist DOT ac DOT uk>
To:	dnelson AT xnet DOT com, DJGPP AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Date:	Tue, 30 May 1995 08:52:01 BST
Subject:	I suspect that our Novell Netware needs updating

I wrote to djgpp:-

>   I have Windows for Workgroups.
>   Previously, if I had called Novell:-
>     (a) Gnu C++ programs called in Windows ran OK except that the (Gnu C
> `system()' subroutine to call DOS) didn't work;
>     (b) Windows's `DOS prompt' icon worked, except that in DOS-in-Windows
> the prompt showed as only `C>' without the current directory name.
>   But now [after installing a WWW server in my PC caused a need ...

  Dan Nelson <dnelson AT xnet DOT com> replied:-
> I had this problem when I used the older version of the shell (can't
> remember the version number). Apparently the older shells overwrote the
> environment (so no prompt and no comspec). Get the newest VLM files off
> ftp.novell.com. There should be a file called VLMUP??.ZIP which has the
> needed files. -Dan

  I accessed ftp.novell.com and I found in it a large complicated directory
tree, which I rummaged through in vain. Please, what is VLMUP??.ZIP's full
directory name there?

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