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From: Christopher Mosley <cmosley@voicenet.com>
Subject: Re: Small mystery
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Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 23:54:06 GMT
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Christopher Mosley <cmosley@voicenet.com> wrote:
> Christopher Mosley <cmosley@voicenet.com> wrote:
>> Frank da Cruz <fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu> wrote:
>>> LOOKUP macro, used internally by DIAL, refers to) as \m(_dialfile). But since
>>> this is a DOS filename, typically "C:\KERMIT\DIALUPS.TXT", the fact that it
>>> contains backslashes might (should not, but might) cause some confusion.
>>> What happens, when a failure occurs, if you type "echo \m(_dialfile)"?
>>> - Frank
>> I get C:\KERMIT\DIALUPS.TXT
>>
>> I discovered the dialing error occurs after a non-valid command is
>> entered (the error message: "?word "some_non_valid_word" not useable here".
>> Then when I try to dial, dialups.txt is not found even though I am in
>> c:\kermit.
>> "cd" , "cd .", or moving to another dir and back to c:\kermit corrects
>> the problem.
> this error only occurs when the (non-ambiguous) abbreviated forms of dial
> are used, that is d and di, there seems to be no problem
> with dia and dial. I have grown so used to just using just "d"
> I didn't bother using anything longer.
>>
>> I discovered the dialing error occurs after a non-valid command is
>> entered (the error message: "?word "some_non_valid_word" not useable here".
>> Then when I try to dial, dialups.txt is not found even though I am in
>> c:\kermit.
>> "cd" , "cd .", or moving to another dir and back to c:\kermit corrects
>> the problem.
> this error only occurs when the (non-ambiguous) abbreviated forms of dial
> are used, that is d and di, there seems to be no problem
> with dia and dial. I have grown so used to just using just "d"
> I didn't bother using anything longer.
Though this bug? is trivial, could someone confirm that it exists?
1. Deliberately enter an invalid command on the mskermit command
line.
2. dial a number using the abbreviated forms of dial "d" or "di"
Do you get error message: dialing script not found?
(I made a mistake, the message is "dialing script not found"
not "dialing dir not found").
Does using cd correct the problem: let you dial using just "d" or "di".
Does using "dia" or "dial" avoid the problem.
Thanks