Extending the UNIX pathname syntax
Tanner Andrews
tanner at ki4pv.UUCP
Sat May 4 01:51:18 AEST 1985
Yes, your (and our northern branch's) intel boxes do accept the funny-
looking stuff with a pathname like "/dev/dvf0:foobar.exe". It should
be noted, however, that this is done by having the "dos___" commands
parse the filename specially. There is NO support for this in the op
system, or even in any other progs besides the special ms-dos disk
processing progs.
To save a little typing, you might define the following entry in the
file /etc/default/msdos (if it does not exist):
A=/dev/dvf0
B=/dev/dzf0
Then, when you want to access ms-dos disks, you may say "dos___ A:/foo"
instead of "dos___ /dev/dvf0:/foo". Case matters in the "A:..." syntax.
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<standard disclaimers apply, copies upon request> Tanner Andrews, KI4PV
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