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From: kdq@demott.com (Kevin D. Quitt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: How to extend the environment space?
Message-ID: <1991Jan17.181216.26229@demott.com>
Date: 17 Jan 91 18:12:16 GMT
References: <7867@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au> <1991Jan17.143701.2034@cbnewsh.att.com>
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In article <1991Jan17.143701.2034@cbnewsh.att.com> jch@cbnewsh.att.com (jeffrey.c.halle) writes:
>From article <7867@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au>, by s907396@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Soon Mok):
>> @crdgw1.crd.ge.com:hil@cs.brown.edu (exos:) writes:
>> 
>> 
>>>    When I set too much environment variables, the following 
>>>error message appears:
>>> 
>>>          Out of environment space.
>>>How can avoid this error? Any help is very appreciated!
>
>The suggestions given will work if it's the lowest level shell.  However, if
>it's a higher shell, such as a DOS escape in many programs, the environment
>space for that shell reverts to the default 160, or whatever is required for
>the existing environment.  There will be no room for such things as augmenting
>the path or setting new variables.  I have not discovered any way around this
>situation.


    Have you included the /p in your config.sys?

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