Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 13:39:49 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: "Raine M. Ekman" <raekman AT ra DOT abo DOT fi>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Output to the Printer
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On Thu, 13 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 :-)

Is the redirection done by Novell, by any chance?  Anyway, the redirector
seems to catch the DOS function issued by TRUENAME and screws the
pathnames it returns.