Re: Patches for DOS 5.0 command.com

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From: Michael Roper
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1991 20:12

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> Patch?  What patch?  In your AUTOEXEC.BAT, just add the line:
> 
> 	SET TEMP=disk:\directory

The reason I thought this was broken (and in fact it is)
is that I have operated with a temp variable specification
of "D:" for several years and not a single app that used
the temp variable failed to handle the spec properly --
until DOS 5.0.  In any event, we are now copacetic.

Michael Roper

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From: roper@nwnexus.WA.COM (Michael Roper)
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Subject: Re: Patches for DOS 5.0 command.com
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