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From: "Mark Habersack" <grendel AT hoth DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl>
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Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 13:54:13 +0100
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Subject: Re: File Systems (was Re: Usage of directory entries
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Once upon a time (on  1 May 97 at 20:24) Alaric B. Williams said:

> On 30 Apr 97 at 9:14, Mark Habersack wrote:
> 
> > > The mounting is done invisibly. Typing a: is just a change directory;
> > nonono - typing 'a:' is changing the device, typing 'a:\' would be
> > changing directory.
> 
> nonononono - typing a: sets the CWD to whatever drive a:'s private CWD is,
> so it's a change directory. Typing a:\ does nothing!
True ;-)) I should've written 'cd a:\'

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