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From: robert@ireq.hydro.qc.ca (R.Meunier 8516)
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Subject: Re: PATH statement
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Date: 8 Feb 91 16:38:26 GMT
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In article <1991Feb8.072845.2809@rice.edu> glratt@uncle-bens.rice.edu (Glenn Forbes Larratt) writes:
>In article <26780@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> jdb@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Brian K. W. Hook) writes:
|>
|>CONFIG.SYS:
|>
|>shell=c:\command.com /e:512 /p
|>
|>PATH=C:\BIN\WINDOWS;C:\BIN\WINDOWS\EXCEL;C:\DOS\UTILS\NORTON50;etc. etc.
|
|If by "has exceeded the legal limit allowed by DOS," you mean it has more
|than 15/16 (can't remember which) directory paths specified, there is no
|way in DOS that I know of to do this: however, a good solution is to have
|a \BAT subdirectory which would be first or at least early in your path:
|this would allow you to encapsulate particular software in a batch file
|that temporarily adds the necessary path to your search path, executes your
|program by full pathname (e.g. \DOS\UTILS\NORTON45\NI; this allows you to
|name your batch file \BAT\NI.BAT), then prunes the search path.  Some
|organization along these lines can go a long way.



   A better way is to use the subst command to create special logical drive.
you add   lastdrive=z                in your config.sys
          subst c:\dos\utils u:      in your autoexec.bat

and change your path to
          path= ...  ;u:\norton50; ...



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