Obscure DOS question

[Degnan Co.]

Have you tried using the append command?  You can put ~512 files 
in the root and then the rest in directories, but the OS will treat 
all files within the append "path" as being from the same place. 
By using the append command, you can tell the OS to look in the 
other directories without having to declare the directories in your 
code.  It sounds like each file name is unique so it should work 
(?)

append a:;a:\1;a:\2 

-Bill

>
>MS-DOS 3.3 has a limit of 512 entries in the root directory.  I have a
>need to put more than this.
>
>Was there ever a way to put more than 512 files in the root directory?
>Some sort of patch or utility?
>
>Did previous or subsequent versions of MS-DOS allow more entries in the
>root?
>
>Another question:
>
>When using the SUBST command in MS-DOS, you cannot aparently substitute
>the C: drive.  I seem to recall that MS-DOS 6.0 allowed this, although 
I
>might be confusing that with the ability of LANtastic to redirect 
the C:
>drive to a network drive.
>
>At any rate, what I'm trying to do is overcome the limit of 512 file
>entries in an MS-DOS 3.3 root directory.
>
>Does anyone know how to accomplish this?
>





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