TITLE:              Differences in NET SAVE /S and NET SAVE?
DOCUMENT ID:        TID020959
DOCUMENT REVISION:  1
DATE:               01Jul95
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NOVELL PRODUCT and VERSION:
PERSONAL NETWARE V1.0

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ISSUE:

Q:   What are the functional differences between NET SAVE /S and NET
SAVE?

A:   The NET SAVE command is used to save your current network
environment, including the drive letter mappings, captured printer
ports, and DOS environment variables into a login script or batch
file.


NET SAVE /S

When NET SAVE /S is executed two things happen:  First, a check is
made if this is a PNW SERVER *and if so* then a MAIL directory is
created under the C:\NWCNTL directory.  Then the user's unique id (a
unique 8 digit hex number) is created (if not already) as a directory
underneath the MAIL directory.  Within this directory the 'login
script' is saved as PNWLOGIN.SCR.  When the user next logs in, this
"login script" will re-establish the current connections.


NET SAVE

The exact same information is saved as when a NET SAVE /S is done. 
The "login script information" is saved to PNWLOGIN.BAT (batch file)
in the directory where the command was executed.  This batch file is
not run automatically when the user next logs in, but can be called
from a batch file (such as the STARTNET.BAT) or ran from the command
line.


NOTE:  NET SAVE /S cannot be used on a client only workstation. 
Because there is no PNW SERVER loaded and no C:\NWCNTL directory, the
automatic login functionality provided through this command is not
available.  But, if the user simply does a NET SAVE and then in the
AUTOEXEC.BAT or STARTNET.BAT executes NET LOGIN @PNWLOGIN.BAT after
loading the network, the same type of automatically running the
script will occur.

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