L.D. Best wrote:
>
> Just wanted everyone to know that, despite suspicions that a redirect
> ">NUL" might have caused the problems I had with getting FILES set
> correctly, the redirect was not the problem.
> <>-----
> Now that I've rewritten the line in autoexec to show full path [yeah, I
> know I should practice what I preach] that I had honestly *forgotten*
> was necessary, I get the number of files I need no matter where I put
> the path statement.
Darn !! (for me) And good for you LD.
I was hoping for some more evidence on the case of misdirected re-direct.
This is not an O.T. post about QEMM. The following problem comes about
under many conditions - and with DOS 3.3, 5.0 and 6.22.
I had just determined how to modify my perfectly good but malfunctioning
autoexec to lower the malf level.
This sequence fails: (Buffers & files default to 1 & 5 as per config.sys)
H:\QEMM5\LOADHI C:\CED.COM -B1000,500,100,100,100,100 >nul
H:\QEMM5\LOADHI C:\SKN.COM
H:\QEMM5\LOADHI H:\QEMM5\BUFFERS=15 >nul
H:\QEMM5\LOADHI H:\QEMM5\FILES=30 >nul
This sequence works: (Buffers & files become 15 & 30)
H:\QEMM5\LOADHI C:\CED.COM -B1000,500,100,100,100,100 >nul
H:\QEMM5\LOADHI C:\SKN.COM
H:\QEMM5\LOADHI H:\QEMM5\BUFFERS=15
H:\QEMM5\LOADHI H:\QEMM5\FILES=30
This sequence *ALSO* works: (Buffers & files become 15 & 30)
H:\QEMM5\LOADHI C:\CED.COM -B1000,500,100,100,100,100 <---*NO >nul*
H:\QEMM5\LOADHI C:\SKN.COM
H:\QEMM5\LOADHI H:\QEMM5\BUFFERS=15 >nul
H:\QEMM5\LOADHI H:\QEMM5\FILES=30 >nul
The frightening problem is that prior re-directions (way prior!!) seem
to be able to affect future operations and in an unpredictable manner.
I had a situation where COPY >nul C:\AUTOEXEC.sav C:\AUTOEXEC.bat
worked for 2 years until I changed a few lines BEFORE it !!
- Clarence Verge
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