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But if you want to use "x" as a variable, why not put it in "ital" ? (I've
got an X drive here in this network)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wilcox, John (WWC, Contractor) [SMTP:wilcoxj -at- WDNI -dot- COM]
> Sent: Monday, May 11, 1998 6:31 PM
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: Re: Q. Describing drive / partition paths
>
> > ----------
> > From: Rowena Hart[SMTP:rhart -at- INTRINSYC -dot- COM]
> >
> > How do I describe the default path without mentioning
> > the drive letter? Is it acceptible to write the path as:
> >
> > Drive_Letter:\WINNT\System\...
> >
> 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.)
>
> ~
>
