DOCUMENT:Q97609 21-NOV-1999 [msdos] TITLE :CONVERT.BAT Fails with a Syntax Error if You Are Running NDOS PRODUCT :Microsoft Disk Operating System PROD/VER:MS-DOS:6.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS: ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== The Conversion Disk for users of the Stacker CONVERT.BAT file does not run with Symantec's Norton Utilities NDOS command interpreter. If NDOS is loaded when you try to run the conversion program, it fails before any actions are performed and displays the following error message: Syntax error "\dblspace.exe" Deleting a:\zz.bat 1 files(s) deleted The MS-DOS Stacker conversion program cannot continue because it could not find your copy of the DBLSPACE.EXE file. The DBLSPACE.EXE should be located in the directory that contains your MS-DOS files. Add your MS-DOS directory to your search path, and then run CONVERT again. (For information about changing your search path, type "HELP PATH" (without the quotation marks) at the command prompt.) CAUSE ===== The problem occurs when the GETPATH.BAT file (called by CONVERT.BAT) issues the following command because NDOS does not accept the semicolons (;) in the current path as separators: for %%f in (%PATH%) do call zz %%f Additional query words: 6.00 ====================================================================== Keywords : Technology : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS600 Version : MS-DOS:6.0 ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1999.