Re: How to trick DOS?

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From: Nicolaas D
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1992 09:21

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am4v+@andrew.cmu.edu (Archie Lee Moberly) writes:

>Have you tried using the SUBST command?  I use it all the time to access
>directories that are otherwise hidden.  

Another possibility (and I think it works better with bad behaving programs)
is the assign command. Sample:

assign a=c

makes your program think it accesses your floppy disc drive; actually all
BIOS-calls are redirected to drive C: .

assign ;

will undo the assignment. WARNING! Some weird combinations of assign, subst
and join might make these programs unreachable; then you can't undo your
'work'. 

Good luck,
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