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Here is how I update the shells on the user workstations, running
Netware 286 2.1x.
The first step, which must be performed on each workstation
(hopefully only once), is to alter the AUTOEXEC.BAT file to
contain the following lines:
SET NETSTYPE=SMCX ; I use SMCX for SMC-type 8-bit ARCNet
SET NETSLOC=C:\NETWORK\ ; points to where the shell files are
(must have trailing backslash)
The system login script contains the line:
#COMMAND /E:1024 /C Z:SHELLS\UPDSHELL
which executes the batch file UPDSHELL.BAT in SYS:PUBLIC\SHELLS.
This batch file looks for a flag file with a particular
extension. If it does not find it, then it copies into place an
appropriate flag file, as well as the shell files for the card
specified in NETSTYPE.
When you update a shell, copy it into the appropriate
subdirectory of SYS:PUBLIC\SHELLS and update the UPDSHELL.BAT
file to look for a different flag file (I use ascending numbers).
It should all be fairly self-explanatory. Check the NDIR.OUT
file for the structure of my setup.
Michael Keller, N5RDV
76166,2654