Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!mintaka!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!mcsun!ukc!axion!uzi-9mm.fulcrum.bt.co.uk!beta.its.bt.co.uk!jvt From: jvt@its.bt.co.uk (John Trickey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Environment variables in GEM Message-ID: <187^~3&@uzi-9mm.fulcrum.bt.co.uk> Date: 24 Jan 91 11:23:40 GMT References: <1654@abekrd.UUCP> Sender: isode@fulcrum.bt.co.uk (Isode Hackers) Distribution: comp Organization: BT Applied Systems, Birmingham, UK Lines: 29 In article <1654@abekrd.UUCP> mike@abekrd.UUCP (Mike Quinn) writes: >An increasing number of programs require special environment variables before >they will function correctly (at all). I want to be able to set-up these >variables within my GEM desktop and then just execute .TTPs as required. > >Do I just add lines to ASSIGN.SYS, or is life not that simple ? If that is >the answer what format should the line be, is it just: I am not aware of being able to do this and anyway it would cause the variables not to appear if you are not using GDOS. >VARIABLE=value > >like the path commands? > This is exactly right if you are using ENVIRON.PRG (in your \auto folder). The data is held in the root dir in ENVIRON.DAT. This is what I do & it works fine. On atari.archive the file is utilities/environ.arc or it comes on the geminiuk distribution. John -- John Trickey || ..!mcsun!ukc!axion!its G4REV @ GB7SUT Voice: +44 21 333 3369 #include