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From: mario@wjvax.UUCP (Mario Dona)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Need help with setting PATH...
Message-ID: <1194@wjvax.UUCP>
Date: 15 Jan 88 17:23:31 GMT
References: <3645@ihlpl.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: mario@wjvax.UUCP (Mario Dona)
Organization: Watkins-Johnson Co., San Jose, Calif.
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In article <3645@ihlpl.ATT.COM> shan@ihlpl.ATT.COM (Califf) writes:
>
>Is there a maximum length for defining your PATH in a autoexec.bat file?
>I have an extremely long PATH and have noticed DOS seems to truncate it!
>I have tried increasing my environment size, but to no avail.
>
I don't have an answer to your question, but I'd like to share an experience
(read "problem") I had with long paths.  I recently installed a large
data base program (Microrim System V) and, as I cusomerily do, included the 
new directory in the AUTOEXEC.BAT path.  The program ran great from it's
own directory, but when I tried to run it from any other directory it 
wouldn't load properly.  I called Microrim's cusomer support line and
they pointed out that the name of the directory should be located nearer 
to the beginning of the path string.  Sure enough, that solved the
problem.  I don't have an answer to why this happens, but maybe some
guru out there can tell us.