>>>>Now, go into foxpro (or VFP) and in the command window type: set volume n: to c:\nsim. From this point forward, all references to n:\mbcdata will find the data files in c:\nsim\mbcdata.
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>>>Congratulations - this Set Volume is not mentioned in VFP5 help, and FPD2.6 help mentions it as Mac-only. It doesn't generate any errors when issued in FPD, but DIR N: says "Bad drive specification". However, it seems not to exist in VFP (as far as help is concerned), but it works flawlessly.
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>>I've been using it for 2-3 years (at least) and it's a great command for use in simulating a network environment on a non-networked computer. I'm sure I found it on the news group comp.databases.xbase.fox or one of the Fox Compuserve forums that I frequented back then.
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>>Thanks for your remarks. I get a lot of help from you guys and it's nice to be able to contribute a little of my own every once in a while.
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>Tried some more - there's no function like Set("volume"), or set("volume","n:")... so, how do we track it?

You can also use the DOS command SUBST, e.g.

SUBST J: C:\DEVFILES