Re: Different types of newsbatches with gzip (was: One site's results using gzip with MS-DOS waffle.)

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From: Russell Schulz
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1993 13:48

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markd@bushwire.apana.org.au (Mark Delany) writes:

>>; Copy gzip over the top of compress as it will decompress all types
>>copy c:\waffle\bin\gzip.exe c:\waffle\bin\compress.exe
> 
>>; Copy the old comp16.exe to make 12 and 16 bit batches
>>copy c:\waffle\bin\comp16.exe c:\waffle\bin\compress.exe
> 
> My knowledge of DOS systems approximates zero, but is it also possible
> to do this by changing your PATH variable? So you have:

yes, it is.  however, then you have to maintain your PATH in at least
three places - twice in the batch file, once in your autoexec.bat.

> I guess it depends on whether
> batch used $PATH or knows a hard-coded location.

though I do have a compress.exe in \waffle\bin...  hmm.
-- 
Russell Schulz  russell@alpha3.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca  ersys!rschulz  Shad 86c

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From: russell@alpha3.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Russell Schulz)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle,apana.general
Subject: Re: Different types of newsbatches with gzip (was: One site's results using gzip with MS-DOS waffle.)
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