mapping app/data folders

[mike]

Hi guys, sorry for most likely a stupid question that has been asked many times but still:
1. We have a 2 folder dos app. C:\app1 C:\data1. The C:\data1 locations are hardcoded in C:\app1 executables.
2. We are evaluating vDOS for a site licence.
3. If I copy both aforementioned folders to vDOS folder - everything is good. How should I map the folders in autoexec that first folder sees the second one when accessing files like C:\data1\data.dbf?

Thanks and Regards,
Mike

[Jos]

Copy the app1 and data1 folders to <anywhere>. Then add the line

USE C: <anywhere>\

to autoexec.txt, so those folders will be seen as C:\app1 and C:\data1 by the DOS programs.
<anywhere> can be any Windows (preferably UNC) path.

Jos

[mike]

Thanks for the quick reply! The thing is that I can't move the existing apps, they are deployed on a bunch of boxes and it would be hard to change the setup on all of them. Is there more non-intrusive way?
I was able to configure DosBox, although I'm having other issues with it so I wanted to check out your app.

In DosBox in autoexec portion of config I have 

********************************
mount C C:\

C:

cd app1
app1.exe
*******************************

Thanks and Regards,
Mike

[Jos]

The DOS apps would just see a C: drive with C:\app1 and C:\data1, no matter where those are actually located in the Windows filesystem. But you could of course also match DOS C: to Windows C: in autoexec.txt”:

USE C: C:\
CD app1
app1.exe

No C: is needed since vDos starts with a C:\ prompt.
You could have a look at www.vdos.info/faqs.html Miscellaneous - vDos/DOS drive letters are not those of Windows and Advanced - A portable DOS application.

Jos