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Re: Updating of "LIBPATH" after config.sys possible/not possible?

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From: gfraley
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 1996 01:34
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In <4erqjq$1ugu@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net>, kenkahn@ibm.net writes:
>In <4epema$jku@nnrp1.news.primenet.com>, gfraley@primenet.com writes:
>>You can modify it after boot time.  You could modify the LibPath statement by
>>using SET LIBPATH = %LIBPATH%;NEW.DLL
>
>LIBPATH is *not* an environment variable; It's CONFIG.SYS statement is not
>"SET LIBPATH" but rather just "LIBPATH".  Therefore you cannot modify or
>access it as you would a 'regular' environment variable; i.e. %LIBPATH% is
>not valid (well, it's technically valid, but doesn't get you anything).
>
>As you stated though, you can use the "SET BEGINLIBPATH" and 
>"SET ENDLIBPATH" statements to modify LIBPATH on a per process basis.
>
>Ken Kahn - OS/2 Advisor

Ken,

Thanks so much for pointing that out.  I knew that.  I just forgot.


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Subject: Re: Updating of "LIBPATH" after config.sys possible/not possible?
Date: 2 Feb 1996 18:34:01 -0700
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