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From: c9c-ct@dorothy.Berkeley.EDU (A SUN)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: DOS query
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Date: 10 May 89 00:07:24 GMT
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In article <1894@astroatc.UUCP> brown@astroatc.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:
>In article <21864@santra.UUCP> s32935k@taltta.hut.fi (Carl Torsten Stenholm) writes:
><   1. How do I enter a parameter containing a space (' ') into a program or
><      batchfile.
>
>I don't think that it can be done.  In UNIX you put quotes around it, but
>I think that DOS doesn't look for that and parses all spaces.

You can enter a parameter with <space> by using the extended ASCII character
set.  The one you're looking for is <alt>-255.

><   3. How do I  specify to the MS-D*S where it should put it's temporary file
><      when I'm using redirection or pipes, The MS-D*S 2.11 I'm using utterly
><      fails if the CURRENT drive is full when piping. I have a One-floppy
><      PC with an extra RAM_DISK usually empty.
>
>I think you loose here as well.  I do not know of an environment parameter
>to tell DOS where to go.

I'm not sure, but you might be able to define a TEMP directory by stating:
set TEMP = d:\TEMP
in your autoexec.bat
 where *d* is your RAMDISK and \TEMP is the directory you want to put temp
 files in.
I know this works for programs that look for a TEMP variable in the 
 environment space.

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