NOVELL TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

DOCUMENT PROCESSING INFO:
TITLE:  DR DOS CONFIGURATION FILES ON NETWORKS
DOCUMENT ID:  TID800065
DOCUMENT REVISION:  A
DATE:  18AUG94
AUTHOR:  SNICOSIA;CEREKSON
ALERT STATUS:  Yellow
DISTRIBUTION:  Public
INFORMATION TYPE:  Symptom Solution
README FOR:  NA
NOVELL PRODUCT CLASS:

Desktop Products

NOVELL PRODUCT and VERSION:

DR DOS 6.0

CATEGORY:

Client

ABSTRACT:

N/A

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SYMPTOM

SYMPTOM:

PATHS TO DR DOS .INI & .CFG FILES ARE BEING LOST

CAUSE

ISSUE/PROBLEM
The DR DOS SETUP program has an option to change the location of
DR DOS configuration files.  These are files that have the extension .INI
and .CFG.

DR DOS will look for configuration files by default in the DR DOS
directory.  There is an optional path that can be created using SETUP in
the System Parameter menu, sub menu 6 (in other words 6 levels into the
System Parameter menu).

+---------------------------------------------------------------+
¦ Digital Research                             DR DOS 6.0 SETUP ¦
+---------------------------------------------------------------+



        Temporary and Configuration Directories:-


Temporary files will be placed in the following subdirectory:

          c:\temp


Configuration files will be placed in the following subdirectory:


          G:\USERS\USERDIR


         _  Accept current settings and continue
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Entering a directory for configuration files allows you to specify a
different drive or directory than the default DRDOS directory.  This would
be needed in case of a computer that has mapped a DOS directory on the
network.

The .INI and .CFG files store user preferences for TaskMAX, ViewMAX and
other DR DOS applications.  These preferences would not necessarily be the
same for all users on the network. Changing the location / path for
configuration files allows different computers to have their own unique
configuration files but still share the same DOS directory from the
network.

On most networks, system administrators have created a user directory
where individuals keep their working files.  As the example above
indicates simply enter the location where you want the files to be
located. Make sure that you have full read/write privileges to the
directory.

SOLUTION

SOLUTION:

N/A

KEY WORDS:
DR6 NETWARE

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