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How FLCACHE Works
FLCACHE intercepts requests to run DOS programs from network drives, and prompts you either to run the
program, to download it, or to cancel the operation. By intercepting these requests, FLCACHE provides a
warning that you may be accidentally running a program over a relatively slow dial-up connection.
FLCACHE also allows you to specify a special cache directory on your local drive in which you can place
commonly run programs that normally reside on the network. You don’t have to change your AUTOEXEC.BAT
file’s PATH statement as a remote user; the cache directory is always checked first whenever there’s an attempt
to run a program from a network drive.
Sample FLCACHE Session
The following example explains how FLCACHE operates.
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You enter this command to run Novell’s WHOAMI utility:
WHOAMI
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FLCACHE responds with this message.
File W:\PUBLIC\WHOAMI.EXE is 26 KB. Continue? Y)es N)o
D)ownload
This message means that FLCACHE detected that WHOAMI.EXE is located on the network drive. It
then prompts you whether you want to run or download the program.
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You then respond by entering this command to download WHOAMI.EXE to your file cache
directory on your local drive:
D
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From now on, whenever you run WHOAMI, it automatically runs from the cache directory on your local drive.
