Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/06/16/09:15:00
On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Olivier Perron wrote:
> > Yes, I've seen these problems too. I need to say "echo foo >> prn" to
> > get it to print.
> >
> This one works if current directory is a short file name, but it still
> doesn't work if current directory is a long file name.
This is what I'd expect, since you say that "ab" doesn't work either.
On my machine >> always works, and so does "ab". Interestingly enough,
"wb" also works, although > prn does NOT.
I guess this depends on what network client software do you use. I use
the Novell's client. Microsoft's client (which comes with Windows 95) is
known to be buggy for DOS programs. Maybe this is one of the bugs, who
knows?
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