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From: fisher@sc2a.unige.ch
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Re: PATH statement
Message-ID: <1991Feb11.170645.370@sc2a.unige.ch>
Date: 11 Feb 91 15:06:45 GMT
References: <26780@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU>
Organization: University of Geneva, Switzerland
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In article <26780@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU>, jdb@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Brian K. W. Hook) writes:
> [...] I have one hard drive, so I have lots of stuff like:
> 
> PATH=C:\BIN\WINDOWS;C:\BIN\WINDOWS\EXCEL;C:\DOS\UTILS\NORTON50;etc. etc.
> 
> I tried using the SUBST for the more frequently accesed directories:
> 
> SUBST U: C:\DOS\UTILS
> 
> So I could use U: instead, but Windows 3.0 chokes on the SUBST command.
> 
> Any pointers?
> 
> Brian

I never heard of Windows choking on a SUBSTitution, would you please explain
what happens?  The only thing I can think of would be a dislike for
"PATH=F:;G:;H:..." instead of "PATH=F:\;G:\;H:\...".  If it was anything more
serious, I'd be quite dissapointed!

Markus Fischer, Dpt of Anthropology, Geneva CH