NPATH

Purpose

Use at a workstation to view the NetWare search sequence for a file.

This information helps you troubleshoot why your workstation cannot find a particular file, why it's finding an incorrect version of the file, or why it's displaying a foreign language.

Syntax

NPATH [utility][filename[,filename...]] [/option...]
[/? | /VER]

NOTE: When you view your workstation's search sequence for a file, include the name of the utility in the command. The search sequence depends on the drive and directory that the utility is executed from.

Parameter	Use to
utility	Specify the name of the utility you are trying to execute.
filename	Specify either the message or the Unicode® filename (and its extension) that your workstation either cannot find or cannot find the correct version of.
/option	Specify one or more options from the "NPATH Options" table.
/?	View online help. (Other parameters are ignored.)
/VER	View the version number of the utility and the files it uses to execute. (Other parameters are ignored.)

Using NPATH

Use NPATH when you try to execute a utility and have one of these problems:
- You get a message that you're missing a message file (an .MSG, .HEP, .IDX, or .XLT file), or a Unicode file. This message identifies the file you're missing.
- You get a message that you have an incorrect version of a message file (an .MSG, .HEP, .IDX, or .XLT file). This message shows the version of the file your workstation found, and the version you need.
- You get a foreign language displayed on your screen.
- Your workstation does not find a particular file in its search sequence.
To find your workstation's file search sequence for message files, use NPATH with no parameters.
If you include a filename in the command, NPATH displays the path to the first occurrence of the file in the search sequence.
To search for multiple files at the same time, separate the filenames with commas.
A Unicode file without an extension defaults to the country code.
Unicode files are not required to run NPATH. NPATH runs without a message file if the correct file is not available.
Because of the way the file search sequence is designed for NetWare utilities, the same path may be looked at more than once.

NPATH Options

Option	Use to
A (All)	List the path to all occurrences of the file you specify.
D (Details)	View the language, version number, date, and time of the file you specify.
/Uni /D (Unicode details)	View the code page and country code your workstation is set to, the Unicode files needed to run the NetWare utility, and the path to the first occurrence of each file. Does not require a filename.
Uni (Unicode)	List all paths to Unicode files.

Troubleshooting with NPATH

If	Do the following
You get a message that you're missing a file but you know the file is located in a particular directory	Map a search drive to the directory that the file is in. (To make the search drive permanent, add it to your login script.) Use NPATH if you want to confirm that your workstation can now find the file in its search sequence.
You get a message that you are missing a file and you do not know where the file is located	Check the PUBLIC/NLS\<language> directory. Use NDIR to locate the directory that the file is in if it's not in the PUBLIC\NLS\<language> directory. Use NWXTRACT to get the file from diskette or CD if the file isn't on any of your drives (if it's not in PUBLIC\NLS\<language> and NDIR cannot find it). Map a search drive to the directory that the file is in. (To make the search drive permanent, add it to your login script.) Use NPATH to confirm that your workstation can now find the file in its search sequence.
You get a message that you have the incorrect version of a file	Use NPATH to view the search sequence your workstation is using to find each occurrence and version number of the file. Identify whether the version of the file you need is in the search sequence. If your workstation finds an older version of a file in the search sequence before it finds a newer version, the older version is the one your workstation loads. Run the utility from the directory that the version you need is in if that version is displayed in the search sequence, or copy the file to your current directory. Use NWXTRACT to get the file from diskette or CD if the version you need is not in the search sequence. Use NPATH if you want to confirm that your workstation can now find the correct version (before any other versions) in its search sequence.
You get a foreign language displayed on your screen	Change your NWLANGUAGE environment variable to your native language. Use the SET NWLANGUAGE = command in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Use NPATH to confirm that your workstation can now find your native language message files in its search sequence.

Examples

To	Type
To view your workstation's search sequence for message files	NPATH
To view the path to the first occurrence of NCOPY.MSG found in the search sequence	NPATH NCOPY NCOPY.MSG
To view the path to each occurrence of FILER.MSG found in the search sequence. Send file MARCH.PRJ to network printer P1	NPATH FILER FILER.MSG /A
To view the path to the first occurrence of SEND.HEP found in the search sequence, as well as its language, version number, date, and time	NPATH SEND SEND.HEP /D
To view the path to each occurrence of BIND.VLM in the search sequence	NPATH BIND.VLM / ANPATH
To view the path to each occurrence of TEXTUTIL.MSG (for NETADMIN) found in the search sequence, as well as each file's language, version number, date, and time, NPATH NETADMIN TEXTUTIL.MSG /A /D	NETADMIN TEXTUTIL.MSG /A /D
To view your workstation's search sequence for the Unicode files needed to execute	FLAGNPATH FLAG /Uni
To view which code page and country code your workstation is set to, the Unicode files needed to execute RIGHTS, and the path to the first occurrence of each Unicode file found in the search sequence	NPATH RIGHTS /Uni /D
To view the path to the first occurrence of UNI_MON.001 found in the search sequence	NPATH UNI_MON.001 / Uni
To view the path to each occurrence of UNI_MON.001 found in the search sequence	NPATH UNI_MON.001 / Uni /A
To view the code page and country code your workstation is set to, the Unicode files your workstation needs to run NetWare utilities, and the path to each occurrence of each file	NPATH /Uni /D /A

Additional Information

Topic	See
Search drive mappings	"Drive mapping" in Concepts; "Search drive" in Concepts
Unicode	"Unicode" in Concepts