mapping a folder for dos program?

[lmwtech]

I have the simplest of questions...so don't laugh. I have two pc's jioned by a hub. They are in the same workgroup, all relevent folders are shared, and i can see all that is needed and can access into all that is needed. I cannot get a dos based program to run from one machine onto the other. Any suggestions? i'm sure I mapped the drive or folder correctly....its pretty up front and simple....right?
Thanks in advance
lmwtech

 

[lmwtech]

I did the net use command and it said copleted successfully. I then typed X: then enter and it changed to that directory. but when I typed dyna.bat then hit enter it said ...the specified path could not be found.
from windows i can now see the network drive as x with care in perinthisis. i can also see it as a network drive from pc2. but i still cannot get it to run. I also read the dyna.bat file and it menyions nothing about any drive letters at all.
lmwtech

 

[lmwtech]

after re-reading my whole post i did not do the command prompt from pc2 i did it from pc1 then tried to access it from that command prompt. i then went to pc2 to try it thru windows and thru command prompt and it still would not run.

 

[Freestone]

How about posting a copy of dyna.bat for all to see?

 

[vacunita]

Yeah I agree. Let us see your batch file.

Can you Open the new X drive from Windows explorer? Is there anything in it? Can you see dyna.bat in there?

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Ignorance is not necessarily Bliss, case in point:
Unknown has caused an Unknown Error on Unknown and must be shutdown to prevent damage to Unknown.

 

[lmwtech]

I will do this in the morning

 

[lmwtech]

Should I also delete the network drive I've created and go to pc2 and re-do the net use command from there and try that first?
lmwtech

 

[vacunita]

It would probably be a good idea to do it from the other PC.

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Ignorance is not necessarily Bliss, case in point:
Unknown has caused an Unknown Error on Unknown and must be shutdown to prevent damage to Unknown.

 

[lmwtech]

I have a copy of dyna.bat which is here:
@ECHO OFF
CLS
IF NOT EXIST \CARE\OPSELECT.EXE CD\CARE
IF EXIST CARE?.BAT DEL CARE?.BAT
IF '%1' == 'A' GOTO SLAVE
IF '%1' == 'T' GOTO SLAVE
IF '%1' == 'I' GOTO SLAVE
IF '%1' == 'O' GOTO SLAVE
ECHO Checking for 386/486/Pentium processor...
\CARE\AVMEM 520
\CARE\CSPILOGO
\CARE\DYNALOGO M
:SLAVE
IF NOT EXIST \CARE\XMCARE.EXE \CARE\CARE %1%2*%USERNAME%
IF EXIST \CARE\XMCARE.EXE \CARE\XMCARE %1%2*%USERNAME%
IF EXIST CARE2.BAT CARE2
TYPE \CARE\LINE.LGO
I also have a copy of what was displayed after trying to open it:
The system cannot find the path specified.
Checking for 386/486/Pentium processor...
The system cannot find the path specified.
The system cannot find the path specified.
The system cannot find the path specified.
The system cannot find the path specified.
The system cannot find the path specified.
On pc1 the network drive is displayed as X: and on pc2 it is displayed as Z:
I can go into the folder which shows as a network drive and see what is in it but I still could not get the program to run.
I didn't delete anything and redo yet.
Let me know what yo think.

 

[wolluf]

Your problem now is that X: is mapped to the care folder, so there is no care folder on the machine with that mapping - and the batch file assumes it runs in a folder named care. So, if the care folder is immediately below the drive letter on its home machine, you need to share that drive letter and then map X: to that. Then X:\care will exist and all should hopefully be well. If care is one of more folders down the tree, just map X: to its owning folder.

 

[vacunita]

Yes, dyna.bat is referencing the folder its in. But since care doesn't exist in PC2 in can't find it.

I would second Wolluf, and say Map care's parent folder Hopefully that will work.

You'll have to share it before you map it though .

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Ignorance is not necessarily Bliss, case in point:
Unknown has caused an Unknown Error on Unknown and must be shutdown to prevent damage to Unknown.

 

[lmwtech]

Please be patient with me, but I'm not sure I'm following you. pc1 has a mapped folder named xcare) and pc2 now shows zcare). pc1 is where the care folder resides. pc2 is where I need it to run from. So your saying map care's parent folder on pc1 from pc2? And do I do this from the command prompt or try from within windows on pc2?
I also already have had all folders shared all the way to and including the care folder.

 

[Freestone]

Yes, on pc2 map to care's parent folder on pc1, from a command line or Explorer on pc2.

 

[lmwtech]

I would like to extend my gratitude to all who painstakenly guided me thru this. It is working like a charm and all are happy. THANK YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lmwtech