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In article <1990Jun28.211556.10833@Octopus.COM> stever@octopus.UUCP (Steve Resnick ) writes:
>In article <1102@valinor.ACA.MCC.COM> hang@valinor.ACA.MCC.COM (Hang Ho Ng) writes:
>>I have a number of paths that I want to include in the PATH variable in
>>autoexec.bat file. Could someone tell me how to do it?
>
>This was covered a couple of months ago. The DOS limitation on command
>strings (PATH=<foo> for instance) is 128 bytes. If your path is longer than 
>that you will either need some program to allow you to enter a longer string.
>(Of which I don't know of any) or you will need to limit your path to a smaller
>size and use batch files to assist in navigation.

True, a DOS command line IS limited to 128 characters.  So, use more than
one command line!  Try something like this...

path=c:\dos;c:\;d:\utils
path=%path%;d:\wp;d:\edit

The %path% means "whatever the current path is."  The second line appends
the new stuff to the value of %path%.  This works fine in DOS 3.3 - I use
it all the time for paths longer than 132 characters.



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