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From: jmr5125@rigel.tamu.edu (Mason Reed)
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Subject: Re: PATH statement
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Date: 14 Feb 91 23:10:40 GMT
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In article <1991Feb14.123101.683@IDA.ORG>, rlw@IDA.ORG (Richard Wexelblat) writes...
> 
>A good way to handle long paths and infrequently used directories that
>will work both in windows and outside is to set up a series of bat
>files in your local equivalent of /bat or /usr for these infrequently
>used directories.

The way I handle it is to simply use subst to simplify the paths.  For
instance:

  subst z: c:\dos\path\utilities
  subst x: c:\dos\path\mice
and so forth.  Then in you set your path as follows:
  set path=z:\;x:\;...
All this requires is that you have DOS 3.3(?) or better, and you insert the
line "lastdrive=z" into your config.sys (so that you can define drive letters
above C: or D: or whatever).  Hope this helps.