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C2EAUTO Release 1 (Announce)

posted by rr  , Berlin, Germany, 27.06.2021, 17:52

> It would be great to have version in which instead of only redirecting
> drive letter, one could define the whole different file name (with path) in
> source code.
> So, for example, "C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT" could be switched to "C:\SOMEFILE.ZZZ"
> Note that custom extensions could be used, enabling interesting config
> switching tricks with "passive" (I.E. non-executable because of changed
> extension) batch files.

Not sure about the custom extensions, but I think all the other things are already possible with MS-DOS >=6 or FreeDOS.

> I also noted that under 4DOS case-sensitive name comparison requires
> changing the source code, because by default 4DOS interprets file names as
> lowercase.

That's why the docs say: C2EAUTO redirects any access to file C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT (but not c:\autoexec.bat or mixed-case variants) to a file of the same name on drive E:.

> Of course all of the above is said with assumption that C2EAUTO is used on
> "desktop" DOS instances, instead of targeted palmtop.

Of course. But I don't have a use case for that currently. Feel free to submit a patch or use C2EAUTO source code for your own version.

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Complete thread:

• C2EAUTO Release 1 - rr, 24.06.2021, 21:55 (Announce)
  • C2EAUTO Release 1 - rosegondon, 27.06.2021, 14:38
    • C2EAUTO Release 1 - rr, 27.06.2021, 17:52