[arachne] Re: <Alt+E> Problems - Files in body
- From: "Eric S. Emerson" <wildrice5@xxxxxxxx>
- To: arachne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 05:56:05 -0500
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Jason,
Yes there is a limit to how long
a path can be but I think there are tricks
to get around it. Don't ask me particulars,
I'd have to look them up. :-)
I can only type about 120 characters on a
single DOS prompt line so that limits
the path statement that I can type.
By using %path1%;%path2%;...... you can
make it longer.
Eric
On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 03:41:11 -0600 "Frank Vuckovich" <jasorn@xxxxxxxxx>
writes:
> BTW, I have never seen a working DOS setup that
>
> > only had one directory in it's path. That would mean
> > that everything would have to be put into that directory
> > to be globally accessible. That would be poor organization
> > of files in my opinion.
> >
> > Eric
> >
> >
> I've seen lots of setups where the path only contains one or two
> directories. Lots of people(lots is relative I suppose) either cd
> to the
> dir before they execute a program, create bat files in a common
> already in
> the path to execute programs, or type the full path. My path on my
> dos
> machine only has two dirs and I never run anything that's in the
> 2nd.
>
> Actually, I prefer this to adding a dir to the path for every
> program you
> install. The path would be very long for me in that case. Is there
> a limit
> to how long the path can be?
>
> That doesn't preclude the fact that you thinks it's poor
> organization of
> files :)
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