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From: michaelb@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Michael L Bloxham)
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Subject: Re: What is /E on command.com
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Date: 28 Mar 88 23:35:03 GMT
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In article <1515@puff.cs.wisc.edu> schimke@puff.WISC.EDU (Timothy Schimke) writes:
>>is documented, for instance.  I think the price is less than $90.
>>Kenneth Herron
>
>Forgive me if this has been brought up before, but what is the /E
>parameter to command.com.  In addition, are there any other undocumented
>options out there?   Thanx in advance.  (post or mail)
>
>-- Tim




The /E after the command.com sets up the amount of space you are
allocating to your environment. I believe that this is avilable
to DOS 3.2,3.3. The /E switch must be in multiples of 16 between
160 and 32768. This means you can give your environment up to 32K
of memory.
   The SHELL command in a config.sys will also do this with the same switch.
Like thus:
		   SHELL=COMMAND.COM[/P]/E:nnnn

where nnnn is the intended size for your environment in bytes. The /P
is to run the autoexec.bat. The nnnn still must be within the afore mentioned
constrictions.

hope this is of some use.

mike
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