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- Subject: RE: Want to get 437usa directory out of the path
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- From: "Roel Alkema Kernfysisch Versneller Instituut, Groningen" <ALKEMA@KVI.NL>
- Date: 18 Dec 1992 09:36:25 +0000
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- >When our PC's boot, STARTNET.BAT adds three directories to the path
- >for Pathworks - %_SYSD%\decnet, %_SYSD%\pcapp, and %_SYSD%\437usa. We
- >don't have a sufficiently long path to accomodate everything, and I
- >so I would like to eliminate at least the \437usa directory from the
- >path.
- >
- >Does anyone know what file(s) from \437usa are being used so I can
- >move them to another directory in the path?
- >
-
- Hello Don,
-
- Normally on our PC's we do not have a networkdisk connected, we load the
- network parts on request of the user, but do not have a connection to
- PCSAV41 network disk because the relevent parts are on the local disk.
-
- To know what product make use of what files, (in order to creat the local
- DECNET directory I found that only SETHOST uses this directory 437USA.
-
- Here is what SETHOST needs if you have selected the
- characterset : ASCII
- DEC Multinational
- the files :
- %_SYSD%\437usa\ISO.CHR
- %_SYSD%\437usa\DECM.CHR
-
- If you select another characterset, the names to select will be clear I think.
- from this example.
-
- If you don't have these files in your search path, sethost will work, but the
- startup becomes very slow, (at least when a slow PC is used.)
-
-
- Besides, if somebody from DEC is listening, why does sethost so inefficient
- look for his files. Here is what happening:
-
-
- Exec : C:\DECNET\SETHOST.EXE
- OpenFile-R : C:\decnetISO.CHR
- OpenFile-R : ISO.CHR
- OpenFile-R : C:\DOS\ISO.CHR
- OpenFile-R : C:\DECNET\ISO.CHR
- OpenFile-W : NUL
- OpenFile-R : C:\decnetkbdepc.kbd
- OpenFile-R : kbdepc.kbd
- OpenFile-R : C:\DOS\kbdepc.kbd
- OpenFile-R : C:\DECNET\kbdepc.kbd
- OpenFile-R : C:\decnetDECM.CHR
- OpenFile-R : DECM.CHR
- OpenFile-R : C:\DOS\DECM.CHR
- OpenFile-R : C:\DECNET\DECM.CHR
- OpenFile-R : C:\decnetSETHOST.DAT
- OpenFile-R : SETHOST.DAT
- OpenFile-R : C:\DOS\SETHOST.DAT
- OpenFile-R : C:\DECNET\SETHOST.DAT
- OpenFile-W : PRN
- OpenFile-R : C:\decnetkbdepc.kbd
- OpenFile-R : kbdepc.kbd
- OpenFile-R : C:\DOS\kbdepc.kbd
- OpenFile-R : C:\DECNET\kbdepc.kbd
-
- My PATH statement is C:\DOS;C:\DECNET;....
- If you have a long PATH and the files can not be found. Each of the steps
- above looks for all directories mentioned in the PATH so if your path has 10
- directories 10*23=230 files-open's are tried. That why thing becomes slow ;-)
-
- Roel.
-
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