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- From: gfraley@primenet.com
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- Subject: Re: Updating of "LIBPATH" after config.sys possible/not possible?
- Date: 2 Feb 1996 18:34:01 -0700
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- In <4erqjq$1ugu@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net>, kenkahn@ibm.net writes:
- >In <4epema$jku@nnrp1.news.primenet.com>, gfraley@primenet.com writes:
- >>You can modify it after boot time. You could modify the LibPath statement by
- >>using SET LIBPATH = %LIBPATH%;NEW.DLL
- >
- >LIBPATH is *not* an environment variable; It's CONFIG.SYS statement is not
- >"SET LIBPATH" but rather just "LIBPATH". Therefore you cannot modify or
- >access it as you would a 'regular' environment variable; i.e. %LIBPATH% is
- >not valid (well, it's technically valid, but doesn't get you anything).
- >
- >As you stated though, you can use the "SET BEGINLIBPATH" and
- >"SET ENDLIBPATH" statements to modify LIBPATH on a per process basis.
- >
- >Ken Kahn - OS/2 Advisor
-
- Ken,
-
- Thanks so much for pointing that out. I knew that. I just forgot.
-
-
- Gaylen Fraley \\||//
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