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In addition to my msg in IBMPC-L #85 concerning 'Path Spec. with WP 4.2
problems' I found out already that it is not WP causing the trouble but DOS:
DOS BUG in dynamic path:
Tested with MSDOS versions 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 on (clone)XT, HP-AT & HP-386 Vectra:
If a path specification contains a.o. the dynamic path specifications '..' and
'\' and the '\' comes before '..' the system CRASHES if a .BAT, .COM or .EXE
file is FOUND by the '\' specification if the current directory is a
(sub)subdirectory at the CURRENT (substituted) drive.
These path specifications are legal and the above bug does not emerge if
specifying only the '\' or the '..' by which the program can be found if one
level deep. The solution for the problem for the time being is to specify
'..' BEFORE '\', so for example '..;\' as part of the path spec. string.
Jim Groeneveld,
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