Microsoft KB Archive/58205

UNCONF: Unrelated .EXE Replaced when Linking on Novell 2.1x ID Number: Q58205

4.06 4.07 4.10 5.01.20 5.01.21 5.02 5.03 5.05 5.10 5.11 5.13 5.15 MS-DOS

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Summary:

SYMPTOMS A user reported that running LINK.EXE on Novell Netware Versions 2.12 and 2.15 would replace an unrelated executable file of the same name which was located on his system path. The file of the same name with the .EXE extension did not exist in his current working directory.

CAUSE His system path was being searched and the first occurrence of a file of the same name was replaced.

RESOLUTION There is a utility with Novell Netware versions 2.12 and 2.15, called SMODE, that will determine how the path is searched. When the user executed this, with “appropriate values”, LINK.EXE worked as intended.

More Information:

System Configuration:

Novell Netware versions 2.12 & 2.15 QuickC 2.00 Link 4.06 DOS 3.30

Additional reference words: 4.06 4.07 4.10 5.01.20 5.01.21 5.02 5.03 5.05 5.10 5.11 5.13 5.15