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In article <311238e8.2685430@news.internetmci.com>,
tomkat <tomkat@enterway.net> wrote:
>On Thu, 01 Feb 1996 22:49:23 GMT, dhensley@connect.net (Dave Hensley)
>wrote:
>
>>On 29 Jan 1996 17:49:57 GMT, John McDougall <johnm> wrote:
>>
>>>>>>>>Can I extend the length of the PATH somehow ?
>>>>Cut your present Path line in about half and on the next line in your
>>>>Autoexec.bat type
>>>>path %PATH%;c:\etc etc etc
>>>>Of course replace the etc's by the rest of your path statement
>>>>
>>>This will not extend your path. 
>>
>>Uh, yeah it will. If the first path statement in autoexec.bat is:
>>
>>path c:\123;c:\abc;c:\456;c:\def
>>
>>and a subsequent statement in autoexec.bat is:
>>
>>path %PATH%;c:\789;c:\ghi
>>
>>Then if you type PATH at the DOS prompt, it will return:
>>
>>path=c:\123;c:\abc;c:\456;c:\def;c:\789;c:\ghi
>>
>>and your path will indeed have been extended exactly as noted.
>>
>>
>>				____
>>				Dave
>>
>Dave is right.
>

Yes, but the question is:  When does the %PATH% expand itself?  Does
"path %PATH%;c:\789;c:\ghi" get interpreted as
"path=c:\123;c:\abc;c:\456;c:\def;c:\789;c:\ghi" right away, or does it
indeed collapse the first path bit down?

I think it gets expanded right away.... meaning that using %PATH% does not
allow you to have longer paths than just doing it normally.

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