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   > Any other help is appreciated.   
      
    Just put the variable name in parentheses and it all works. So you can say,   
   DLOAD(X$),D(N) and you'll remove the file whose name is defined in X$ from the   
   drive whose number is defined by N. This kind of syntax applies generally to   
   the DOS commands."   
      
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