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From: jamesd@lakesys.UUCP (James Dicke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: How to add to PATH on the fly?
Message-ID: <773@lakesys.UUCP>
Date: 24 Jun 88 19:43:49 GMT
References: <688@crcmar.crc.uucp>
Reply-To: jamesd@lakesys.UUCP (James Dicke)
Organization: Lake Systems - Milwaukee, WI
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In article <688@crcmar.crc.uucp> patrick@crcmar.crc.uucp (Andrew Patrick) writes:
>There is probably a simple answer to this question, but here it is
>anyway:
>
>How can I add directories to my PATH specification on the fly?
>
>I want to leave the path as it is and simply add directories on the
>end.  I don't want to edit AUTOEXEC.BAT and reboot, and I don't want
>the changes to be permanent.
>

I suppose there are two ways to go about this. 

1) In DOS 3.0 > there you may use "SET PATH=%PATH%" followed by the path to
add. This will add the new path permanently. This command also ONLY works in
a batch file.

2) There are a few public domain packages that allow you to actually EDIT your
path setting. These are nice but have some compatibility problem. I have one
here called "Edit Environment" by Bill Bovee.

Of course none of these methods work in a shell.

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