Path: utzoo!bnr-vpa!bnr-fos!bnr-public!mlord
From: mlord@bnr-public.uucp (Mark Lord)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Program to SET long PATHs (>127 chars).
Keywords: PATH, ENVIRONMENT
Message-ID: <1406@bnr-fos.UUCP>
Date: 9 Aug 89 13:28:15 GMT
References: <7207@ecsvax.UUCP> <36047@bu-cs.BU.EDU>
Sender: news@bnr-fos.UUCP
Reply-To: mlord@bnr-public.UUCP (Mark Lord)
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
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This SHORT posting contains a program & .DOC which will allow
setting of PATH and other environment variables to longer than
the DOS command line limit of ~127 characters.  Works under
DOS 3.3 & 4.01, but not under 3.20.  A more polished version
with TurboC source will be posted to Comp.binaries.ibm.pc at a
later date.  NOT a TSR.  Suggestions for improvment are welcome.

-Mark

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