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From: marshall@wind55.seri.gov (Marshall L. Buhl)
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Subject: Re: How can I set a PATH longer than 128 bytes ?
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Date: 14 Mar 90 17:23:08 GMT
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richard@iesd.auc.dk (Richard Flamsholt S0rensen) writes:

>>mlord@bnr-rsc.UUCP (Mark Lord) writes:
>><heath@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM (Robert Heath) says:
>><
>><How can I set my dos PATH variable longer than 128 bytes?  I'm running
>>
>>You need APPENV21.ARC from simtel20.  I use it to set my own 500 byte PATH.
>                                                              ~~~~~~~~

Richard Flamsholt gives some very good suggestions about accessing programs
without adding them all to the path.  I have a minor quibble about his
second technique, which, BTW, is the one I use.

>  2 : The appending of a directory to a path can also be done like this:

>            set temp=%path%          /* remember current path */
>            set path=%path%;c:\text\wp50 /* add directory */
>            c:\text\wp50\wp %1       /* same as before ... */
>            set path=%temp%          /* restore old path */
>            set temp=                /* delete "temp"-variable */

It is probably more efficient to change the second line to:

   set path=c:\text\wp50;%path%

Since the whole purpose of this batch file is to run WP 5.0, why not
put it in the beginning of the path so access is faster?
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