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Article #443Re: CDSPACE...
From: John Eras
Date: Wed, 09 May 1990 06:11
Date: Wed, 09 May 1990 06:11
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In article <2137@dsacg2.dsac.dla.mil> nol2321@dsacg2.dsac.dla.mil (Jim Dunn) writes:
>>>Create a file that contains three characters. "c" "d" <space>.
>>>No trailing CR+LF! Put it in \usr\lib\cdspace
>>
>>You've told half of the story, but what about the other half? I am
>>interested in how you create that \usr\lib\cdspace file. I don't know
>>of any smart way to get this done except by a line of C code:
>
>Well, you can just use the DOS ECHO command, like this:
>
> C:> ECHO "cd " > \usr\lib\cdspace
Yeah, right. Not only does this put in a CR+LF pair, but it also puts in
an excess space and two excess quotes, for a net of 8 characters! Not
exactly the 3 characters that were desired. What ECHO are *you* using.
Certainly not the DOS ECHO...
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!apple!hercules!fernwood!oracle!news From: jeras@oracle.oracle.com (John Eras) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer Subject: Re: CDSPACE... Summary: gimme a break! Message-ID: <1990May9.061126.7344@oracle.com> Date: 9 May 90 06:11:26 GMT References: <2137@dsacg2.dsac.dla.mil> Reply-To: jeras@oracle.com (John Eras) Distribution: usa Organization: Oracle Corporation, Belmont, CA Lines: 21