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From: holtz@beowulf.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: DOS enviroment size
Message-ID: <2778@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU>
Date: Sat, 28-Feb-87 01:31:50 EST
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Posted: Sat Feb 28 01:31:50 1987
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Organization: EE/CS Dept. U.C. San Diego
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Summary: %PATH% no good under PC-DOS 3.1



In article <119@homxb.UUCP> singhal@homxb.UUCP (S.SINGHAL) writes:
>By using the following lines, you can cratea a PATH as long as you like
>(subject to environment size limitations) :
>
>PATH=c:\;c:\this\that;c:\work\bin
>PATH=%PATH%;c:\this\also;c:\ramres
>PATH=%PATH%;c:\thats\all
>
>(you get the idea ?)
>
>---Sharad Singhal


I tried this under PC-DOS 3.1 with no luck.  I like the construct; what
DOS are you using to achieve environment variable substitution?

Fred Holtz
holtz@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU