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DOS 5.0: how to change switch (/) char????

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From: Alan Barrow
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 1991 06:36
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HELP!!!!!!!!!

OK, MKS tools has a neat tool for changing DOS's stupid
switch character (/), and changing it to something reasonable (-).

This allows one to use / as a subdir delimiter. Worked fine on 
all previous DOS's. DOS 5.0 will not let you change this. 

MKS's switch command runs correctly, but the switch char is not 
changed. It will report that / is still the current switch.

MKS mentions that switch.com uses an undocumented sys call.
I originally thought this call might have changed/disappeared. But since
the switch.com program correctly reports / is still the current switch, I 
wonder now.

Am I the only one this drives crazy????

Is there another way to do this that works on 5.0???

This single feature is enough to make me go back to 3.3. ( And send 5.0 back
for someone else to fool with!)

Thanks in advance!!!!!


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 Alan Barrow  km4ba | I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack
 jab@hpuerca.hp.com | ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched
                    | C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
 ..!gatech!kd4nc!   | All those moments will be lost in time -
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From: alan@km4ba.uucp (Alan Barrow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: DOS 5.0: how to change switch (/) char????
Summary: I hate \!!!!!!
Keywords: dos 5.0 mks
Message-ID: <1991Jun30.063651.1116@km4ba.uucp>
Date: 30 Jun 91 06:36:51 GMT
Organization: km4ba's packet radio gateway
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