From: pneyz <pneyz AT bethany DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: LD looks at zip drive
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 1997 09:54:55 -0800
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> > My zip drive has nothing to do with the process, as far as I know.  The zip
> > drive is not the tmpdir or anything.  It does take a while for the zip drive to
> > wake up, and it would be very nice to be able to make LD stop whatever it is
> > doing.
> 
> The linker does this with zips, cdroms, and tape drives if the drive is in
> the PATH. Make sure the drive is not in your PATH nor any directories on it.

I get the same thing happening with my cdrom and it's not in my path.
Why does that happen?

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