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Subject: DOS 3.10 won't allow /e (was: Re: DOS enviroment size)
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Date: Sat, 21-Feb-87 11:55:01 EST
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Posted: Sat Feb 21 11:55:01 1987
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Reply-To: madd@bucsb.bu.edu.UUCP (Jim "Jack" Frost)
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In article <3298@j.cc.purdue.edu> tim@j.cc.purdue.edu.UUCP (Timothy Lange) writes:
>Here is some info about setting DOS environment variables what to do
>about more environment space.  First, how do you change the amount of
>space?  If you have DOS prior to 3.xx then you must modify COMMAND.COM
>to change the space allocation, if you have DOS 3.[01] then you can use
>the SHELL variable in your CONFIG.SYS and set the space in units of
>PARAGRAPHS (16 bytes).  If you have DOS 3.2 then the units are in bytes.

Since there has been a lot of traffic about environment sizes, I would like
to ask some more knowledgable person a question.

Why won't our COMMAND.COM (PC-DOS V3.10) allow us to expand our environment?
It remains fixed at whatever the default is, regardless of /e:xxx
specifications on the SHELL= command.

Notes:
	* we never use memory resident programs, since this has been
	  shown to cause problems with the software we use.
	* I have attempted specifying the size in both paragraphs
	  (should range from 10 to 62, I think) and bytes (160 to
	  something or other).

Is it possible that not all versions of PC-DOS 3.10 have the /e option?

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