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I'm updating the TAME-WPI/INF. There is one sentence concerning 4OS/2:

3. Make sure that OS/2 own CMD processor is used. Usage of 4OS2 isn't supported at all as it shows severe errors together with ReXX (default in eCS).

Is that correct?

I have tried running fm2dump.cmd and keep getting the following error message:

G:\FM2.TEST\FM2DUMP.CMD [34] Unknown command "orlevel" Directory U:\Dump does not exist - check set D= statement on line 26

Line 34: if not errorlevel 1 goto DirOK

This is caused by CDWithoutBackslash=2. If I don't set it (default is 1 check for executable first) fm2dump works. If I type fm2dump.cmd (adding the extension) with it set to 2 it works. It's obvious that something is gobbling up some of the characters that should be part of the next statement. You can make the error message disappear by adding a few blanks lines before the if statement. I am attaching fm2dump.cmd as a test case

Command line under 4OS2 3.08 & result:

[j:\images] xcopy g:\temp\*.pdf .

Source files are being read...

SYS1186: XCOPY cannot access the source file.
Source files are being read...

SYS1186: XCOPY cannot access the source file.
Source files are being read...

SYS1186: XCOPY cannot access the source file.
Source files are being read...

G:\temp\Federal 941 3Q 2012 Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax Return.pdf

1 file(s) copied.

Run under CMD:

[J:\images]xcopy g:\temp\*.pdf .

Source files are being read...

G:\temp\Federal 941 3Q 2012 Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax Return.pdf
G:\temp\Virginia VA-5 2012-09 Employer's Return of Income Tax Withheld.pdf
G:\temp\Virginia VEC-FC-20 3Q 2012 Employer's Quarterly Tax Report.pdf
G:\temp\Virginia VEC-FC-21 3Q 2012 Employer's Quarterly Payroll Report.pdf

4 file(s) copied.

Command line under 4OS2 2.08 (again), with quotes around the wildcard spec:

[j:\images] xcopy "g:\temp\*.pdf" .

Source files are being read...

G:\temp\Federal 941 3Q 2012 Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax Return.pdf
G:\temp\Virginia VA-5 2012-09 Employer's Return of Income Tax Withheld.pdf
G:\temp\Virginia VEC-FC-20 3Q 2012 Employer's Quarterly Tax Report.pdf
G:\temp\Virginia VEC-FC-21 3Q 2012 Employer's Quarterly Payroll Report.pdf

4 file(s) copied.

(COPY works as expected with the wildcard and no quotes, successfully transferring each file.)

Unfortunately, it's not always possible to know when one may encounter stray quotes in filenames, particularly when files have been created on other platforms or by people who are not aware of the implications of such things on the command line. This means that until/unless this issue is addressed, it is always necessary to surround wildcard paths in quotations or use COPY instead of XCOPY (not sure offhand what other commands might be impacted by this).