Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/03/10/15:13:38
Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church (av568 AT rgfn DOT epcc DOT edu) wrote:
: DEVICE and DEVICE: are not exactly equivilant. Some DOS commands
: recognize DEVICE: but it is actually incorrect. This is simple to prove.
: Type these commands at the DOS prompt:
:
: truename PRN
: truename PRN:
I typed "truename LPT1" on two different machines. One gave me "1" and the
other "C:/LPT1". Looks a bit weird to me :-)
But LPT1: wasn't found.. that's like it should be.
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