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From: harper@convex.com (David Harper)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: How can I set a PATH longer than 128 bytes ?
Keywords: PATH
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Date: 5 Mar 90 12:49:10 GMT
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In article <5762@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM> heath@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM (Robert Heath) writes:
>How can I set my dos PATH variable longer than 128 bytes?  I'm running
>DOS 3.3.  It seems when I set my PATH variable in my AUTOEXEC.BAT,
>DOS truncates anything longer than 128 bytes.  

I have been using BIGPATH for several months with no problems.  If you install
this program in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file it will allow you to (I think) double
your path length.  It is available through simtel20 in the SYSUTL directory.


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