Disabling DOS internal commands ?

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From: Aidan Saunders
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 1991 12:08

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Is there any way of disabling DOS internal commands ?  Alternatively
can DOS be persuaded to execute a program of the same name as a DOS
internal command without explicitly specifying a path ?

The question arises because I am wondering how we could 'persuade'
users to use Vcopy - the copy program from McAffee Associates that
checks for viruses in the files it copies.  Obviously this can be used
by running it as vcopy - but undergrads being what they are will not
bother to read notices or remember to specify 'vcopy' instead of
'copy'.  So - how could we arrange for vcopy to be invoked when the
user says copy ?

Any ideas ?

Aidan
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Subject: Disabling DOS internal commands ?
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