NET.CFG Options Reference

NetWare DOS Requester Option

The %OS variable in the login or profile script uses this variable when mapping a search drive to the network DOS directory.

Syntax

dos name=“ name”

 

 

Default

MSDOS

 

 

Range

1 to 5 characters

 

 

Modules

GENERAL.VLM, NETX.VLM

 

 

Example

To set the operating system used for the shell to DR

 

DOS® , you would place the following lines in your

 

NET.CFG file:

 

netware dos requester

 

dos name=“drdos”

 

 

NOTE:The NetWare DOS Requester software automatically recognizes DR DOS and sets this option. However, setting this option overrides the auto-detect feature.

EOJ=[on off]

Specifies whether files, locks, semaphores, etc., are closed automatically at end of a job.

This supports End Of Job (EOJ) commands from a DOS INT 21 D6 function call.

Syntax

eoj=[on off]

 

 

Default

on

 

 

Modules

NETX.VLM, REDIR.VLM

 

 

Example

To specify a client workstation to not send End Of Job

 

commands for closing files to the server, you would place

 

the following lines in your NET.CFG file:

 

netware dos requester

 

eoj=off

 

 

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