From p.dalgaard@biostat.ku.dk  Thu Jul 22 01:29:57 1999
From: p.dalgaard@biostat.ku.dk (Peter Dalgaard BSA)
Date: 22 Jul 1999 02:29:57 +0200
Subject: reluctant to read win95 directory (PR#231)
In-Reply-To: John.Peters@tip.csiro.au's message of "Thu, 22 Jul 1999 01:59:00 +0200 (MET DST)"
References: <199907212359.BAA14750@pubhealth.ku.dk>
Message-ID: <x2vhbdo7ay.fsf@blueberry.kubism.ku.dk>

John.Peters@tip.csiro.au writes:

> Using rw0642 under win95, on executing from a directory on the c: drive:
> 
>    system("command.com /c dir", intern=T)
> 
> there is a whirring from drive a: (empty), then the message appears in a 
> dos box:
> 
>    General failure reading device aLP!!?
>    Abort, Retry, Fail?

Not that I know anything about Windows, but is there a chance that the
machine goes looking for command.com on the diskette? I.e. you want
c:\\windows\\command.com instead.

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reluctant to read win95 directory (PR#231)
Peter Dalgaard BSA