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- COMMAND: ALTER DOCUMENTATION : Off-line
-
- FUNCTION: Changes the size of the DOS environment.
-
- FORMAT: ALTER [-size][title]
-
- TYPE: User supported software (Goldensoft Software,9460 W. Peoria Suite D,
- Peoria, AZ 85345)
-
- REMARKS: -size is the new size of the environment in 16 byte paragraphs.
- The default and minimum value are 10 and -size cannot be between
- 45 and 69. Suggested values are 20, 30, or 40.
- title is a 29 character string that replaces the first line of the
- message from COMMAND.COM.
- ALTER.COM and COMMAND.COM must be in the same sub-directory before
- ALTER is executed. The DOS command processor is altered so as to
- change the size of the environment that is initially set to 127
- bytes and is controlled by the SET command. Once COMMAND.COM is
- altered by ALTER.COM, SET with no arguements will indicate the
- current size of the environment in the parameter string ESIZE=size.
- The altered command processor is not installed until the system is
- re-booted. See SET.