Re: U2 question

["Robert H. Kubie" rhkubie@xxxxxxxx]

I can't recall ever before encountering "CD" as a verb.
I raise no objection. it's just that it suddenly carries me back to my
childhood. We used to say:

"ABCD goldfish?

"LMNO goldfish.

"OSAR goldfish."

Sorry.

(Not really)

--Bob Kubie (it's been a long day)


At 04:22 PM 5/29/2004, Patricia M Godfrey wrote:
> Jeff Seager wrote:
> ≪I cannot execute a command from the U2 help file from any directory
> OTHER than the directory in which Editor.exe resides.≫
>
> Well, start with the obvious first: Your XyWrite directory IS referenced
> in your Path, no? If not, see if this holds true in XP (I know it does in
> 9x). The path statement (from a DOS prompt) returns a line that itself
> can set the path. So if you command
> path>oldpath.bat
> so you can issue that command, change your path to whatever you like, and
> then command
> oldpath
> and your original path will be restored. I don't need to change paths for
> XyWrite, but I do for dBase, and this makes it very easy to switch paths.
>
> At the risk of sounding like a broken record, let me point out that this
> is one reason (of dozens) why one should have at least separate
> partitions on one's drive, if not more than one hard drive. That way,
> XyWrite (and other DOS apps, including XyWin) are on drive D:, data are
> on drive e:, and I can CD on any of them, without having to mess with the
> path.
>
> Patricia

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