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DOS 5.0 Append Command - WP Displays The Wron
DocumentID: 601399
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 1:28:40 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: The customer is using the DOS 5.0 APPEND command for searching directories. When the user goes to the A: drive (or any floppy drive) from within WP 5.1, if the directory is empty the program will list files from the appended directory. The directory should just display as empty. If the A: drive has one file in it, everything works fine. If the customer uses APPEND with /X:ON switch, the problem occurs. If they use the /X:OFF switch, everything works fine.

Information regarding the /X switch:
The /X switch has two parameters, :ON or :OFF. These parameters specify whether MS DOS is to search appended directories when executing programs. If you use /X:ON switch, the program will search appended directories. If you use /X:OFF switch, the program does not search appended directories. You can abbreviate /X:ON to /X. If you want to specify /X:ON, you must do it the first time you use the APPEND command after starting your system. After that, you can switch between /X:ON and /X:OFF. Solutions: The work around for this problem is to use the /X:OFF switch.

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