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> From: Rowena Hart[SMTP:rhart -at- INTRINSYC -dot- COM]
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> How do I describe the default path without mentioning
> the drive letter? Is it acceptible to write the path as:
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> Drive_Letter:\WINNT\System\...
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I use a variable. The X in both instances in the following passage
should be in italics, which I use to denote variables.
X:\WINNT\System
where X is the letter of the drive on which the software is
installed.
Regards,
John Wilcox, Documentation Specialist
Timberlands Information Services
Federal Way, Washington USA
mailto: wilcoxj -at- wdni -dot- com
(I don't speak for Weyerhaeuser, and they return the favor.)
