Re: How can I set a PATH longer than 128 bytes ?

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From: Mark Lord
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 1990 17:37

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<In article <5762@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM>, heath@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM (Robert
Heath) says:
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<How can I set my dos PATH variable longer than 128 bytes?  I'm running
<DOS 3.3.  It seems when I set my PATH variable in my AUTOEXEC.BAT,
<DOS truncates anything longer than 128 bytes.  Is there a way to do
<this by assigning shorter environment variables and concatenating
<them somehow ? Thanks.

You need APPENV21.ARC from simtel20.  I use it to set my own 500 byte PATH.

If you cannot figure out how to get it from simtel, email me and I'll send
you a copyut (I am the author).

Cheers
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From: mlord@bnr-rsc.UUCP (Mark Lord)
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Subject: Re: How can I set a PATH longer than 128 bytes ?
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