DOS Merge -- "access denied"

[Sassan Behzadi]

In article <1990Aug28.180409.22536 at athena.mit.edu> dyer at arktouros.mit.edu (Steve Dyer) writes:

>One of our users is trying to run a large Clipper database
>application under DOS Merge under AIX PS/2 1.2, using
>the UNIX file system as a DOS network drive. .......
>
>One apparent consequence of this is that it is not possible
>to run more than one copy of the application on the same PS/2
>at a time.  That is, if I start up two copies of DOS Merge
>and attempt to run the EXE, the first DOS Merge successfully
>runs the application, but the second DOS Merge returns at
>the C: prompt with 'Access Denied' when the program is
>invoked.
>
>Can anyone DOS network savvy and/or DOS Merge savvy
>comment on a workaround?
>

What happens if you set your C: drive as a "local" (non-Network) drive?
You can use the MERGE command to do this:

		C> merge set drive local
		C> merge set handle local

now try running the application. You may have to do this in all your
DOS sessions running the Clipper database.

Setting your C: drive as a non-network drive may let you startup
multiple Clipper applications but the application might not function 
as a multiuser database. It's worth a try though.

This could also be a real permissions problem, can the same user 
startup multiple instances of the same application?

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