| SHARE |
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| Starts the Share program, which installs file-sharing and locking |
| capabilities on your disks and network drives. |
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| Syntax |
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| SHARE [/F:space] [/L:locks] |
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| In your CONFIG.SYS file, use the following syntax: |
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| INSTALL=[[drive:]path]SHARE.EXE [/F:space] [/L:locks] |
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| Parameter |
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| [drive:]path |
| Specifies the location of the SHARE.EXE file. |
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| Switches |
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| /F:space |
| Allocates file space (in bytes) for the MS-DOS storage area used to |
| record file-sharing information. The default value is 2048. |
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| /L:locks |
| Sets the number of files that can be locked at one time. The default |
| value is 20. |
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| SHARE--Notes |
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| Common use of Share |
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| Typically, you use SHARE in a network or multitasking environment in which |
| programs share files. SHARE loads the code that supports file-sharing and |
| locking in these environments. Once you install Share, MS-DOS uses the code |
| loaded by Share to validate all read and write requests from programs. For |
| example, if two people are accessing the same data file, SHARE manages the |
| file so both people do not write to the file at the same time. |
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| Allocating space for file-sharing information |
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| When deciding how many bytes to allocate for file sharing, note that each |
| open file requires enough space for the length of the full path and |
| filename. The average length of a filename and its path is 20 bytes. |
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| Using Share with Microsoft Flash File System |
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| Share may be required in order to run some applications with Microsoft Flash |
| File System. |
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| SHARE--Examples |
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| The following example shows how you can use the INSTALL command in your |
| CONFIG.SYS file to load Share, with the default values for the /F and /L |
| switches. MS-DOS searches for the file SHARE.EXE in the DOS directory on |
| drive C. |
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| install=c:\dos\share.exe |
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| The following example allocates 4096 bytes for storing file-sharing |
| information and specifies that 25 files can be locked at one time. Again, |
| MS-DOS searches for SHARE.EXE in the DOS directory on drive C: |
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| install=c:\dos\share.exe /f:4096 /l:25 |
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