[GEM Development] Batch File Programming for GEM.BAT

[Peter Green]

Sounds like the way to go... Without dragging GEM.BAT out and reading 
it, does it also mean that, if the drives on the host computer are 
changed, GEM will automatically make the adjustment on launch, except in 
cases where there are 23 or more hard drives or their equivalent?

Peter


Night Hawk wrote:

> Shane,
>
>> I have one question: if the utility finds a drive letter that does not
>> exist (say "Z:"), what action will it take?  I assume it would then say
>> that this drive letter can be used for the SUBST action?
>>
>> Example:
>> On a machine with a A:, C: and E: drive the utility runs and finds Z: is
>> free.  It also finds Y: is free.  Therefore the utility sends Z: into
>> the environment as %SWAPDRIVE% and Y: as %GEMDRIVE%.  This allows
>> GEM.BAT to run with the following two lines:
>>
>> subst %SWAPDRIVE% C:\OPENGEM\GEMSWAP
>> subst %GEMDRIVE% C:\OPENGEM
>
>
>  Yes, this is exactly what I had in mind.  I would like to write the 
> utility in assembler because this affords absolute control over DOS in 
> order to set up the environment to GEM's wishes. I am now working on 
> this utility and I think it should be in Beta in about 4 weeks.  This 
> will make GEM load (hopefully) without problems the first time.
>  I had in mind to have the utility run early on in the GEM.BAT file 
> because this utility will be in effect an extension of GEM.BAT.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Todd E. Bedwell
> The Night Hawk
>
>
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