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Article #25964Re: What is /E on command.com
From: Michael L Bloxham
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 1988 23:35
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 1988 23:35
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In article <1515@puff.cs.wisc.edu> schimke@puff.WISC.EDU (Timothy Schimke) writes:
>>is documented, for instance. I think the price is less than $90.
>>Kenneth Herron
>
>Forgive me if this has been brought up before, but what is the /E
>parameter to command.com. In addition, are there any other undocumented
>options out there? Thanx in advance. (post or mail)
>
>-- Tim
The /E after the command.com sets up the amount of space you are
allocating to your environment. I believe that this is avilable
to DOS 3.2,3.3. The /E switch must be in multiples of 16 between
160 and 32768. This means you can give your environment up to 32K
of memory.
The SHELL command in a config.sys will also do this with the same switch.
Like thus:
SHELL=COMMAND.COM[/P]/E:nnnn
where nnnn is the intended size for your environment in bytes. The /P
is to run the autoexec.bat. The nnnn still must be within the afore mentioned
constrictions.
hope this is of some use.
mike
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!uwmcsd1!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!michaelb From: michaelb@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Michael L Bloxham) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: What is /E on command.com Message-ID: <5410@uwmcsd1.UUCP> Date: 28 Mar 88 23:35:03 GMT References: <8803241628.AA04994@decwrl.dec.com> <1986@optilink.UUCP> <2161@ukecc.engr.uky.edu> <1515@puff.cs.wisc.edu> Sender: root@uwmcsd1.UUCP Reply-To: michaelb@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Michael L Bloxham) Organization: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Lines: 33