Date:	Thu, 13 Mar 1997 12:26:33 +0200 (EET)
From:	"Raine M. Ekman" <raekman AT ra DOT abo DOT fi>
To:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Output to the Printer
In-Reply-To:	<Pine.SUN.3.91.970311232203.2704G-100000@is>
Message-ID:	<Pine.SOL.3.91.970313121741.10001C-100000@aton.abo.fi>
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On Tue, 11 Mar 1997, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> On 10 Mar 1997, Raine M. Ekman wrote:
> 
> > I typed "truename LPT1" on two different machines. One gave me "1" and the 
> > other "C:/LPT1". Looks a bit weird to me :-)
> 
> What version of DOS returned "1"?  I have never seen such a response.
> Is it some kind of DOS clone (like DR-DOS)?

When I tried it again on the same machine it first returned "C:/LPT1" but 
with a little fiddling I found out how to get it:
It happened with the DOS prompt under Windows for Workgroups, with LPT1
assigned to a network printer. I guess that qualifies as a DOS clone :-)

 Raine M. Ekman  raekman AT abo DOT fi  0400 838 395  http://www.abo.fi/%7Eraekman/

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