Path: utzoo!bnr-vpa!bnr-fos!bmers58!mlord
From: mlord@bmers58.UUCP (Mark Lord)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: update: re: pathlength, environment space
Keywords: pathlength, environment space
Message-ID: <141@bmers58.UUCP>
Date: 22 Aug 89 18:12:17 GMT
References: <1072@neptune.AMD.COM>
Reply-To: mlord@bmers58.UUCP (Mark Lord)
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
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In article <1072@neptune.AMD.COM> kevin@neptune.AMD.COM (Kevin Tomasek) writes:
>For those who are still battling path length and lack of environment
>space, here is some usefull info.
>
>If there is something major that I am overlooking someone in the know
>can correct me.

Most people here seem to know about the /E: option by now, which will increase
the environment size.  However, this will still not allow a PATH of more than
about 122 characters regardless of what size environment you have.  This is
due to the PATH being set by entering a command line such as:  PATH c:\dos;...
which is limited to 127 characters max under DOS.

Even tricks such as  SET PATH=%PATH%;more;stuff...  will not work as they are
expanded inside a 127 character buffer internally.

To set a PATH longer than this, watch for the APPENV.COM utility (with source!)
soon to be posted in comp.binaries.ibm.pc (it is in the queue now).

-Mark