Re: chkdsk: Incorrect Dos Version

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From: Leonard Erickson
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1992 03:11

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cgordon@vpnet.chi.il.us (gordon hlavenka) writes:

>Actually, you should be able to try it by specifying the EXE file when
>you run CHKDSK.  Instead of typing "CHKDSK", type "CHKDSK.EXE" and
>this should force the loader to pull in the correct file.

Believe it or not, this *won't* work. COMMAND.COM *ignores* the
extension on executable files. If you have XYZ.BAT, XYZ.COM, and
XYZ.EXE all in the same directory, XYZ.COM will be executed when
you type *any* of the following:

XYZ
XYZ.COM
XYZ.EXE
XYZ.BAT
XYZ.ABC

At least this was true up thru DOS 3.x. I've used 4dos since then, so maybe
it's been fixed...

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