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In a msg on <Oct 07 14:36>, -Unknown- of 42:1000/2 writes:

 -> In article <1992Oct6.214026.3576@networx.com> mikel@networx.com 
 -> (Mike Lempriere) writes:

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>>Worst yet, the greatest insult of them all, is that the poor clod has
>>to reboot.  Real computers, with real OS's reboot when the power comes
>>back on, and that's it.  I thought a 486 with OS/2 wass real.  Wrong.

 ->   This isn't necessary if your system is set up properly.  For
 -> example, change libpath in config.sys to:

 -> LIBPATH=/os2/dll:/usr/lib:.

 ->   Then, when a new program requires a shared library, move the 
 -> dll into /usr/lib.  You don't have to reboot.  Or just run the
 ->  program from a CLI window, with the executable and dll in the 
 -> current directory.

While a properly set up system can avoid the rebooting issue in many cases, you've gotta admit it'd be nice to change the DLL search path on the fly, or even the PATH for that matter.  This is something I've yearned for since way back.  So far, that feature and asynchronous input queues are about the only things I admire about NT...maybe IBM will implement these features (hint, hint).

Regards,
 
Barry

 * Origin: The OS/2 Connection - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (42:100/31)