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From: jmv@sppy00.UUCP (Jim Vickroy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Environment Size
Message-ID: <281@sppy00.UUCP>
Date: 13 Apr 89 15:20:07 GMT
References: <9195@watcgl.waterloo.edu>
Reply-To: jmv@sppy00.UUCP (Jim Vickroy)
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Organization: Online Computer Library Center, Dublin, Ohio.
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In article <9195@watcgl.waterloo.edu> smvorkoetter@watmum.waterloo.edu (Stefan M. Vorkoetter) writes:
=>
=>Hi.
=>
=>	I realize that this has been posted before, but I cannot find
=>any reference to it.  I need to expand the size of the environment
=>under true blue PCDOS 3.3.  The manual tells me that I can use the
=>/E:xxxx parameter to the COMMAND command to run a subshell with a
=>larger environment, but how can I change the enviroment size of the
=>current command processor.  If someone can point me to a program to
=>do this, or even the DOS calls needed to do this (if that is how it
=>is done), I would really appreciate it.  Again, sorry if you've
=>seen this question (and the answer) before.
=>

The SHELL command allows you to use an alternate command processor. 
Additionally you can instruct DOS to permanently use this alternate
command processor. Try this:

	SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM /E:<environment size> /P

What this does is permanently replaces COMMAND.COM with itself, but with a
larger environment. 

jim
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