RE: Pathnames in STRPCCMD command

Everybody else covered the path name for the most part.  Let me add that the
~1 suffix is determined by creation order of the directories (or files) with
the same 8.3 name.  For example:

F:\>mkdir "Sales for 2004-08"
F:\>mkdir "Sales for 2004-09"
F:\>mkdir "Sales for 2004-10"
F:\>mkdir "Sales for 2004-01"

F:\>dir /x "Sales*"
 Volume in drive F is Data
 Volume Serial Number is 6C2A-912B

 Directory of F:\

08/12/2004  10:00a      <DIR>          SALESF~4        Sales for 2004-01
08/12/2004  10:00a      <DIR>          SALESF~1        Sales for 2004-08
08/12/2004  10:00a      <DIR>          SALESF~2        Sales for 2004-09
08/12/2004  10:00a      <DIR>          SALESF~3        Sales for 2004-10

So you should really use the 8.3 name unless you absolutely have to.

Also thought I'd add that if you need to open an excel spreadsheet, instead
of calling excel and passing the file name to open, you're better off using
'start' like so.

start 'c:\whatever\whatever.xls'

This way windows takes care of finding the excel.exe file.  The start
command was added to Win95, or maybe even earlier.

HTH,
Charles


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Werner Noll [mailto:werner.noll@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 6:18 AM
> To: 'midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: Pathnames in STRPCCMD command
> 
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I found somewhere examples of valid pathnames for calling PC 
> programs by
> STRPCCMD.
> Example for calling EXCEL:
> 'C:\Progra~1\micros~1\office\excel.exe'.
> Such pathnames may differ from one the the other PC environment.
> My question: Where can I find explanations on the syntax of 
> this shortened
> pathnames? E.g. what does ~1 stand for?
> 
> Many thanks in advance.
> GEFIS Gesellschaft für
> Individual-Software mbH
> Werner Noll
> 
> 
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