Microsoft KB Archive/103551

DoubleSpace Err Msg: Ambiguous Switch - /L PSS ID Number: Q103551 Article last modified on 11-02-1993 PSS database name: O_MSDOS

6.20

MS-DOS

= SYMPTOMS =

If you use the DBLSPACE /L command in MS-DOS 6.2, you receive the following error message:

Ambiguous switch - /L

= CAUSE =

DoubleSpace allows the shortest common unique identifier for command- line parameters. Since the only MS-DOS 6.0 DoubleSpace command-line parameter that starts with the letter L is /LIST, /L is allowed as an abbreviation in MS-DOS 6.0. MS-DOS 6.2 DoubleSpace supports two command-line parameters that begin with the letter L: /LIST and /LASTDRIVE.

= RESOLUTION =

In MS-DOS 6.2, you can use the following:

Full Command Abbreviated Form ———————————————

DBLSPACE /LIST DBLSPACE /LI DBLSPACE /LASTDRIVE DBLSPACE /LA

Additional reference words: 6.20

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