Subject: How to store TCP/IP files below the root

It is possible to run KA9Q's TCP software without using the root
directory of the C: drive to store files such as AUTOEXEC.NET, BM.RC,
and HOSTS.NET. The programs NET and BM expect to find files at the
root directory of the default drive. By using the DOS SUBST command
to define a drive partway down the directory tree of C: and using
this new drive as the default, NET and BM can use subdirectories of
C:.
 
On my system I store everthing in C:\PACKET\TCP and below. Shown
below is my directory structure and the bat files NET.BAT and BM.NET.
 
 
Directory structure:
 
C:\
  PACKET\
    TCP\
      AUTOEXEC.NET
      BM.EXE
      BM.RC
      FTPUSERS
      HOSTS.NET
      NET.EXE
        PUBLIC\
        SPOOL\
          MAIL\
          MQUEUE\
 
Drive Z: is defined as "SUBST Z: C:\PACKET\TCP"
 
Note - the directories defined for users connecting to your system
using FTP will be beneath the current drive's root directory and
not C:\ . Thus if you want user W8ABC to have access to files in
C:\PACKET\TCP\PUBLIC\FRED, the entry in FTPUSERS would be
"W8ABC password \PUBLIC\FRED 7" .
 
      ------------------------NET.BAT---------------------------
 
subst z: c:\packet\tcp
pushdir
z:
z:net
popdir
subst z: /d
 
            --------------------BM.NET--------------------
 
subst z: c:\packet\tcp
pushdir
z:
z:bm
popdir
subst z: /d
 
Since I have used drive Z:, I have also included a "LASTDRIVE=Z"
in my CONFIG.SYS.
 
PUSHDIR and POPDIR are optional utilities available from PC Magazine
which preserve and restore the drive and subdirectory path.