Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!alberta!damask!lowey From: lowey@damask.UUCP (Kevin Lowey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: How to add to PATH on the fly? Summary: MS-DOS 2.00 has a bug Message-ID: <1113@damask.UUCP> Date: 6 Jul 88 23:30:14 GMT References: <688@crcmar.crc.uucp> <6836@cup.portal.com> Organization: University of Saskatchewan Lines: 23 In article <6836@cup.portal.com>, Devin_E_Ben-Hur@cup.portal.com writes: > To add additional directories to your path, make a batch file (ADDPATH.BAT): > PATH %PATH%;%1 > > then invoke: > ADDPATHBe aware that version 2.00 (I think) of MS-DOS has a bug in that everything after the %PATH% is ignored (or any environment variable referenced this way). The solution is to change the path command to: PATH %1;%PATH% ______________________________________________________________________________ | Kevin Lowey |The above is the personal opinion of Kevin | | University of Saskatchewan |Lowey. It does not reflect the position of| | Computing Services |the University of Saskatchewan in any way. | | SaskTel: (306) 966-4826 | | | Bitnet:LOWEY@SASK. (preferred) |I am in no way affiliated with any of the | | UUCP: ihnp4!damask!lowey.uucp |above mentioned companies other than U of S| |________________________________|___________________________________________|