[arachne] Re: <Alt+E> Problems - FreeDos
- From: "Lester" <fd100@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Arachne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 00:07:58 -0500
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>Eric: Do you have to use "set path=" to set the path in FreeDos?
Here are some answers from FreeDos gurus:
> Arkady Belousov:
> "SET" isn't required only for PROMPT and PATH.
> Lester: I have even come across a notion that in ms-dos "set" was
> used to set other environment variables/parameters but not the
> path".
> Arkady Belousov: wrong.
> Blair Campbell:
> In Ms-Dos SET PATH worked fine, but there was also a PATH command
> which would just have the syntax of "PATH D:\FDOS\BIN;...". That
> just sets the environment variable PATH exactly the same way as
> SET PATH though."
In case there are some more post you can find this FreeDos thread
here:
http://www.mail-archive.com/freedos-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
http://www.mail-archive.com/freedos-
user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg05179.html
Lester
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