[arachne] Maximum length of PATH (was Re: <Alt+E> Problems - Files in body)
- From: "Udo Kuhnt" <048321887-0001@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: arachne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 22:27:26 +0000
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> 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?
IIRC, the maximum length of the PATH var is 127 in older DOS versions,
and up to 255 in MS-DOS 7.
It is still rather limited since environment vars can become much
longer.
The limit is imposed by the maximum length of a command line, which is
127..255 in most DOSes.
Regards,
Udo
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