Here's the full scoop: 1) The default path starts in the Rev directory (or wherever the MC interpreter is running ). Let's say "C:\Program Files\Revolution\".
2) If you want to launch something in that directory, you just need to provide the relative path (as Richard mentioned). 3) If you want to launch something in another directory, but *on the same drive*, you can "cd" to the directory and use "start" on the item in the directory, concatenated with a "&", as in: cd c:\program files\microsoft office\office10 & start winword.exe 4) If you want to launch something *on another drive*, you have to do it in three stages: "cd" to the drive itself (optionally including the drive letter), then "cd" to the directory, then "start" the file, as in: cd i:\ & cd i:\mystuff\launchfiles & start MyApp.exe Just trying this: cd i:\mystuff\launchfiles & start MyApp.exe when you're on the "C:" drive just won't work. Hope this clears things up, Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Rice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Richard K. Herz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 2:49 PM Subject: Re: safe shell command > > On Friday, February 21, 2003, at 01:02 PM, Richard K. Herz wrote: > > If I'm understanding you right, a shell cd with the full pathname has > > problems of > > potential path differences between Rev/MC and Windows. > > > I'm not sure about that. Just being paranoid :-) I encountered that > problem on OS X with Rev <-> Javascript <-> shell commands. > > Alex Rice, Software Developer > Architectural Research Consultants, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution