<< I don’t dispute your steps below. However, if you have an R:BASE DOS session open throughout that entire process, I submit that it will not see any changes from the NET USE commands issued. >>
I just did the following: 1. Started RBDos in a one window. 2. Opened another CMD window. 3. In the second window I issued NET USE to map LPT1 to a networked printer. 4. In the first window I CONNECTed and issues OUT LPT1; LIST; OUT SCREEN. My listing was produced on the network printer. Ten pages too, so I got the hairy eyeball from the network admin. I suppose this could vary according to operating system, but on this WinXP machine my NET USE in one command session is immediately available to my already-running R:Base for DOS session in another window. -- Larry
