Message-ID: <335754BB.1047@bo.dada.it>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 13:02:19 +0200
From: Diego Zuccato <dz AT bo DOT dada DOT it>
Organization: CyberSpace Software Labs BBS
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To: Lorier <lorier AT ihug DOT co DOT nz>
CC: pierre AT tycho DOT com, opendos-developer AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Usage of directory entries
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Lorier wrote:

> I'm not sure I understand what your saying but... I like the system of
> having one large directory tree... it's nice & neat... but it gets annoying
> when you have to copy files from /usr/local/lib/src/proggie/proggie.tgz to
> ~ftp/pub/linux/source/proggie/latest/ and gets even worse when you have
> multiple files that are all in the wrong places :)  Having C:\ and D:\ and
> E:\ all point to the same place would be great, you could cd
> C:\usr/local/lib/src etc, have D: point to your ftp site etc... Although I
> spose you can almost do this with assign/subst/join....
Right. I am a SysOp (Fido node 2:332/437) and I like having all the
filebase under network drive F: which is C:\FILEBASE (SUBSTed on the
'server').
Now I have to add another HDD, so I'll simply make another dir under
C:\FILEBASE (say PROGRAMM.ING) and add a JOIN of new drive D: in
C:\FILEBASE\PROGRAMM.ING . All paths in config files keep referring F:
and all is clean.
But it's got a disavantage : when I ask for the free space it doesen't
count the free space on the JOINed drive, even if I'm asking it from
within C:\FILEBASE\PROGRAMM.ING :-((( (I'm using Novell Dos 7 and I'm
just waiting for EXT2 support in OD).

> powerfull language.  I don't like the way Microsoft has dumbed Command.com
> down to the level of intolerable idiocy in its latest operating systems.
It's M$ :-(

BYtE,
 Diego.