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Article #41576Re: Problem with DOS 4.01 COMMAND.COM batch files -- comments wanted
From: Dave Emmerson
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 1990 01:41
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 1990 01:41
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In article <OTTO.90Jan23132123@tukki.jyu.fi|, otto@tukki.jyu.fi (Otto J. Makela) writes: | I have discovered a bug in COMMAND.COM on MS-DOS 4.01, which I believe to | exist in several other versions (I've had similar problems on 3.30). | | You can crash the system if a batch file line expands to over 127 characters | [deleted] | [] Anyone at MicroSoft, | where could I send a report of this ? I may be wrong, but I heard MS have gotten out of DOS, so I doubt if they'll be interested. Try using 4DOS, it will at least give you 256 characters, maybe more, I'm only just trying it out myself (LIKE IT!). Dave E.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!apple!snorkelwacker!bloom-beacon!eru!luth!sunic!mcsun!ukc!acorn!moncam!emmo From: emmo@moncam.co.uk (Dave Emmerson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Problem with DOS 4.01 COMMAND.COM batch files -- comments wanted Keywords: command.com environment batch crash Message-ID: <405@marvin.moncam.co.uk> Date: 3 Feb 90 01:41:53 GMT References: <OTTO.90Jan23132123@tukki.jyu.fi| Organization: Monotype ADG, Cambridge, UK Lines: 14