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cosheff@netmbx.UUCP (Charles Shefflette) writes:
> Actually, this isn't a bug per se.  In the 4DOS manual, page 24 (of the
> current manual) it states (although not explicitly) that when 4DOS is
> loaded in the resident mode:
> 
>    "Aliases will not be inherited from a previous shell."
> 
> My experience shows this to be true.  I suggest, as was suggested before,
> try using the /S:B switch, or none at all, let it figure out what the best
> method of swapping is.

Well, J.P. Software may not consider it a bug, but I do.  Things like
alias passing should not be affected AT ALL by the swapping mode selected.

The problem with using /S:B is that it will use disk swapping if EMS or
XMS isn't available, meaning that 4DOS will take longer to start up,
because it has to write the disk file.  I *know* that I don't have EMS or
XMS on this system, and sometimes I don't want to have to wait the few
seconds if all I need to do is do a DIR A: or something.

I use disk swapping now, because the 80K that the shell took up in
memory-resident mode was just too much, but I still think it's a bug.

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