[GEM Development] GEM.BAT fails with ChDir under FreeDOS

[Shane M. Coughlan]

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John Hupp wrote:
> To eliminate the more extreme circumstance: we're not talking about
> starting from a current directory on another drive (e.g. D:).  It would
> be like starting from C:\STUFF\FILES\OTHER.  And the PATH mechanism
> seems to work, since it finds C:\GEM.BAT and begins executing that.  But
> then from within the batch file it fails when it tries to execute CD
> \GEMAPPS\GEMSYS.
> I do believe that command worked OK in GEM.BAT in past versions of GEM
> (except for FreeDOS demanding a space before the path), so perhaps it is
> a FreeDOS problem.

Hi John

I recall your previous bug-report that meant I needed to add a space
before the path...I'm a little surprised with the current problem.
Certainly I've had no problem under Windows XP when testing.

I guess the solution is to ensure the batch file looks to the C: root
before trying to change the directory.

Shane
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