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Article #43603Re: How can I set a PATH longer than 128 bytes ?
From: Scott C. Sadow
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 1990 12:13
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 1990 12:13
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In article <5762@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM>, heath@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM (Robert Heath) writes: > 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. > > Robert Heath The problem is you are running out of environment space. Check your DOS manual for the correct syntax, but you need the following in you CONFIG.SYS: (I am typing this in from memory) shell=c:command.com /e:256 /p -- Scott Sadow ...gatech!ncsatl!sadow
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!emcard!wa4mei!nanovx!dragon!ncsatl!sadow From: sadow@ncsatl.uucp (Scott C. Sadow) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: How can I set a PATH longer than 128 bytes ? Message-ID: <1494.25ed11f7@ncsatl.uucp> Date: 1 Mar 90 12:13:43 GMT References: <5762@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM> Distribution: usa Organization: National Computer Systems, Atlanta, GA Lines: 18