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From: mrk@gvgspd.UUCP (Michael R. Kesti)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: CONFIG.SYS (really AUTOEXEC.BAT)
Message-ID: <271@gvgspd.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 29-Jun-87 16:17:37 EDT
Article-I.D.: gvgspd.271
Posted: Mon Jun 29 16:17:37 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 1-Jul-87 04:58:46 EDT
References: <2362@uwmcsd1.UUCP>
Reply-To: mrk@gvgspd.UUCP (Michael R. Kesti)
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Organization: Grass Valley Group, Grass Valley, CA
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Summary: This must be due to batch interpreter string substitution.

In article <2362@uwmcsd1.UUCP> dpeter@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Peter J Diaz de Leon) writes:
>I have created a config.sys file on my system, and one of the commands in it is
                  ^^^^^^^^^^
                            He later posted that he meant AUTOEXEC.BAT
>SET LISP%LIB=C:\UTIL
>
>However when I issue the SET command at the C> prompt is shows me 
>LISPLIB=C:\UTIL
>
>Where did the % go.

Looks to me like the batch interpreter is trying to do string substitution
for the AUTOEXEC.BAT version (the % is normally used, along with a number,
to indicate such a substitution), while the command line version doesn't
even attempt substitution of any sort, thus allowing the % through.

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