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Q97609: CONVERT.BAT Fails with a Syntax Error if You Are Running NDOS

Article: Q97609
Product(s): Microsoft Disk Operating System
Version(s): MS-DOS:6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 21-NOV-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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The Conversion Disk for users of the Stacker CONVERT.BAT file does not run with
Symantec's Norton Utilities NDOS command interpreter. If NDOS is loaded when you
try to run the conversion program, it fails before any actions are performed and
displays the following error message:

  Syntax error "<path>\dblspace.exe"
  Deleting a:\zz.bat

  1 files(s) deleted

The MS-DOS Stacker conversion program cannot continue because it could not find
your copy of the DBLSPACE.EXE file. The DBLSPACE.EXE should be located in the
directory that contains your MS-DOS files.

Add your MS-DOS directory to your search path, and then run CONVERT again. (For
information about changing your search path, type "HELP PATH" (without the
quotation marks) at the command prompt.)

CAUSE
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The problem occurs when the GETPATH.BAT file (called by CONVERT.BAT) issues the
following command because NDOS does not accept the semicolons (;) in the current
path as separators:

  for %%f in (%PATH%) do call zz %%f

Additional query words: 6.00

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS600
Version           : MS-DOS:6.0

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