Re: [Q] : How to make PATH longer

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From: tomkat
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 1996 00:00

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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.


tomkat@enterway.net
ceo enterway
Kansas City, KS

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Subject: Re: [Q] : How to make PATH longer
Date: 1996/02/02
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