Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!atexnet!donovan From: donovan@atexnet.UUCP (Dennis Donovan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: How can I set a PATH longer than 128 bytes ? Message-ID: <680@hawkeye.atexnet.UUCP> Date: 29 Mar 90 19:19:42 GMT References: <5762@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM< <90059.112138GILLA@QUCDN.BITNET> <1990Mar14.172308.21398@seri.gov> <2221@bwdls58.UUCP> Reply-To: donovan@hawkeye.UUCP (Dennis Donovan) Organization: EPPS (A Kodak Co.),Bedford,MA Lines: 28 I used to use bigpath, which "doubles" the length of your path. The only thing I didn't like about it is that it takes a long time to execute and the PC (for some reason) didn't allow me to type ahead while I was waiting for it to finish. By a long time I mean 5-7 seconds during boot-up, well its a long time to me :-) They other day I finally got around to compiling and trying the "pathex" program posted either here, comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer, or comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d. And it works great, it doesn't take as long and allows type ahead while it's doing its thing. If you didn't save it when you saw it, then by all means get it. Thanks to Robert Cawley (rjc@atom.oz.au), it complied like a charm and runs flawlessly. The best thing about it is that you can add to the path at the command line, unlike bigpath which has to be run in the autoexec.bat file. Dennis -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +----------------------------------------------------------+ | Dennis L. Donovan | | UUCP : !uunet!atexnet!donovan | | AT&T : (617) 276-7349 | | USMAIL : Electronic Pre-Press Systems, Inc (EPPS,ATEX) | | 32 Wiggins Ave., M.S. 231/32W | | Bedford, MA 01730 | +----------------------------------------------------------+ "Nobody asked, just my opinion" Disclaimer: The views expressed are my own, I doubt if ATEX really cares anyway.