Share Ü ßßßßßß Starts the share program, which installs file-sharing and locking capabilities on your disks and network drives. Syntax: SHARE [/F:space] [/L:locks] In your CONFIG.SYS file, use the following syntax: DEVICE=[[drive:]path]SHARE.EXE [/F:space] [/L:locks] drive:path Specifies the location of the SHARE.EXE file. /F:space Allocates file space (in bytes) for the FreeDOS storage area used to record file-sharing information. The default value is 2048. /L:locks Sets the number of files that can be locked at one time. The default value is 20. Common use of Share Typically, you use Share in a network or multitasking environment in which programs share files. Share loads code that supports file- sharing and locking in these environments. FreeDOS uses the code loaded by Share to validate read and write requests from programs. Allocating space When deciding how many bytes to allocate for file sharing, note that each open file requires enogh space for the length of the full path and filename. The average length of a filename is 20 bytes. Example: This example shows how to load SHARE.EXE from your CONFIG.SYS file: install=c:\dos\share.exe