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From: toddg@hpldoma.HP.COM (Todd Goin)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Re: Environment Space - Increasing environment space in MS-DOS 3.2
Message-ID: <350008@hpldoma.HP.COM>
Date: 2 Feb 89 15:27:39 GMT
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>>	Can anyone provide info on expanding environment space for COMMAND.COM.

>>	My copy of setenv.exe that comes with Microsoft C 5.0 does not seem

>>	to work with MSDOS 3.20.

>>	Thanks
>>	----------

I could never get setenv to work either.  My config.sys file contains the line:

	SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM /E:4098 /P

The /E: is the parameter that allows you to expand the environment.  There are documented
limitations on this number (such as even number of paragraphs of memory or some such)
I just couldn't seem to find them this morning.  This size of environment has
served my needs well for over two years and I do a lot of "SETing".  Make sure
that you include the "/P" option if you want AUTOEXEC.BAT to run.

	Todd Goin
	Hewlett Packard
	Electronic Design Divison