Re: [Freedos-kernel] Checking NUL directory/drive is broken in 2042

2017-01-26 Thread Tom Ehlert
Hi, > Was using FreeDOS 1.1 2040 kernel? previously and could check for > drive or directory existence with the NUL device: > If exist c:\nul echo C: exists > If exist c:\mydir\nul echo C:\mydir exists > This behavior is broken with 2042, no longer being able to identify if a > drive/dir exi

Re: [Freedos-kernel] Checking NUL directory/drive is broken in 2042

2017-01-26 Thread Nando Eva
Tom, screenshots at http://imgur.com/a/h9x9c showing kernel 2042 always identifying e:\nul as present (attrib e:\nul or if exist e:\nul), even though it is not. Kernel 2041 correctly identifies it as not present. A fix for this would be great so I can again check for drive/dir existence using t