Andrew McGlashan <[email protected]> wrote: > Copy file from arbitrary location to the VirtualStore directory, now you > can access that file from anywhere you like ... sort of like a PATH > environment for *any* file ... but it only works for 32 bit programs. > > Here's an example: > > C:\>copy C:\Users\andrewm\Downloads\test-fax000041829.pdf > \Users\andrewm\AppData\local\VirtualStore\ > 1 file(s) copied. > > C:\>vim test-fax000041829.pdf > > C:\>dir test-fax000041829.pdf > Volume in drive C has no label. > Volume Serial Number is 88E2-2CCE > > Directory of C:\ > > File Not Found > > C:\> > > > > The vim worked on the file, even though it wasn't located at: > c:\test-fax000041829.pdf
that's weird behaviour indeed. The above output reminds me so much of MS-DOS. Apparently though, Microsoft now have a new shell - windows PowerShell - which is said to compete with Linux and UNIX command line interfaces. _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list [email protected] http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main
