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Re: LABEL/directory confusion - genuine bug in MSDOS 6.0 ?

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From: Duncan Murdoch
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 1994 18:37

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In article <2kq5g0$rq@marlin.ssnet.com> panda@marlin.ssnet.com (Pamela Kane) writes:

>OK...Forget the few hours with DEBUG.  A simple INT 21 intercept program 
>points up the bug.  LABEL gets the current directory with INT 21 function 
>47, which does not give drive and root, only path.  This string is fed 
>through the undocumented function 60 to get the fully resolved 
>drive:path.  (This will account for a SUBST or ASSIGNED or JOINED 
>drive.)  

Why does it care if you've used subst or assign or join?  It should use the 
drive as it appears on the surface, not some hidden true name for it.
Sounds to me like someone at MS was just a bit too clever.

Duncan Murdoch
dmurdoch@mast.queensu.ca

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