INF: Understanding Paths on a Novell Network

ID Number: Q70145

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MS-DOS | OS/2

Summary:

On a Novell network, the PATH command will display logical drive

letters where you might expect to see directory names such as:

PATH=W:.;V:.;C:\BIN;C:\DOS;Z:.;Y:.;X:.

The path is searched in the same fashion as it would be under MS-DOS.

The difference is that logical drives are "mapped" to certain physical

directories (similar to the MS-DOS SUBST command). Therefore, each

logical drive letter is associated with a physical directory, and the

drive letter represents this directory in the path.

To determine the directories associated with the drive letters, the

MAP command must be used. This command will expand the logical drives

(listed above) to their mapped directories, as well as showing the

order in which they will be searched. The output of the MAP command

resembles the following:

Drive A: Maps to a local disk

Drive B: Maps to a local disk

Drive C: Maps to a local disk

Drive F: = SERVER1/SYS:C600

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SEARCH1: = W:. [SERVER1/SYS:C600/BIN]

SEARCH2: = V:. [SERVER1/SYS:C600/BINB]

SEARCH3: = C:\BIN

SEARCH4: = C:\DOS

SEARCH5: = Z:. [SERVER1/SYS:PUBLIC]

SEARCH6: = Y:. [SERVER1/SYS:SYSTEM]

SEARCH7: = X:. [SERVER1/SYS:LOGIN]

See the Novell documentation concerning command-line utilities for

more information on the MAP command. The MAP command should be used

exclusively while operating on a Novell network in order to maintain

the desired drive/directory search order.

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