On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, Kelsey Hartigan-Go wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Mar 2000, Ian C.Sison wrote:
> > >
> > > directory splicing
> > >
> > > it basically means that you can attach a filesystem anywhere on a
> > > directory tree!! this eliminates the need for drive letters altogether and
> > > is another major enhancement to Windoze from the go-get'em guys at
> > > Micro$oft.
> >
> > Actually they are reinventing themselves. Dos 3.3 had a 'join' (or was it
> > attach?) utility that does just that...
>
> join allows you to substitute drives, say C: to A:
> while subst allows you to map a drive to a subdirectory.
>
> say a:\ to c:\drivea
I think it's the other way around.
Nel
>
> > This went away with dos 6.x and windows/dos versions
>
>
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