Microsoft KB Archive/67399

Undocumented /b Switch in Version 4.00/4.01 DOSSHELL PSS ID Number: Q67399 Article last modified on 09-16-1993 PSS database name: O_MSDOS

4.00 4.01

MS-DOS

= SYMPTOMS =

When you start the DOSSHELL File System, a dialog box appears stating the following:

WARNING: Number of files exceeds maximum.

= CAUSE =

There is not enough buffer space available to display all the file and directory names on the drive. (This may cause a directory to appear empty when it is not.)

= WORKAROUND =

There is an undocumented /b switch that you can use in the “shellc” line of the DOSSHELL.BAT file to increase the file system’s buffer size.

The format for this switch is as follows

/b:size

where size is the buffer size in kilobytes.

= REFERENCES =

For more information on the DOSSHELL.BAT file, please refer to the “Microsoft MS-DOS Shell User’s Guide.”

Additional reference words: 4.00 4.01 noupd

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1993.