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  1. Received: by cheltenham.cs.arizona.edu; Wed, 7 Aug 1996 07:08:08 MST
  2. Message-Id: <199608062035.AA14689@optima.cs.arizona.edu>
  3. Date:         Tue, 06 Aug 96 15:25:19 CDT
  4. From: Roger Sorrells <X041RS@tamvm1.tamu.edu>
  5. Subject:      dos system call
  6. To: icon-group@cs.arizona.edu
  7. Errors-To: icon-group-errors@cs.arizona.edu
  8. Status: O
  9.  
  10. when I include the lines
  11. system("set")       #1
  12. system("set x=y")   #2
  13. system("set")       #3
  14.  in a program, I get the same output from #3 as from #1,
  15.  no additional X=y among the environment variables.
  16.  
  17. How do I set DOS environment variables from within an Icon program?
  18. I am using MS-DOS 6.21 and Icon 8.10
  19.