From: "A.Appleyard" <A DOT APPLEYARD AT fs2 DOT mt DOT umist DOT ac DOT uk>
To: DJGPP AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 15:12:29 GMT
Subject: truename

  In connection with how a Gnu C/C++ program can find about drives, the
interrupt `AH=0x60, Int 21h' (Truename) was mentioned. It (like the DOS
command TRUENAME), converts names of net files into a form starting with \\,
e.g.:-

C:\AM>x:
X:\MCCSOFT\UTIL>truename vet.com
\\UMIST-MT-FS2\SYS\MCCSOFT\UTIL\VET.COM

  but trying to use such a filename fails, e.g.:-

C:\AM>edit \\UMIST-MT-FS2\SYS\MCCSOFT\UTIL\VET.COM
Path/File access error

  When and where are those \\... net filenames used? What are they for?