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- From: g1nickut@cdf.toronto.edu (Nick Zahariadis)
- Subject: Re: where should SET name=thing go?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec14.065220.19796@cdf.toronto.edu>
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- Organization: University of Toronto Computing Disciplines Facility
- References: <Bz8HIA.B9M@knot.ccs.queensu.ca>
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 06:52:20 GMT
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- In article <Bz8HIA.B9M@knot.ccs.queensu.ca> calvert@QueensU.CA (John Calvert) writes:
- >The online docs say that SET commands should go in the CONFIG.SYS file,
- >(unlike under DOS), but there are still several in the AUTOEXEC.BAT
- >created by the installation. Does it matter?
-
- Just to pull the rug from under your feet, OS/2 does NOT use the
- 'Autoexec.Bat' file AT ALL. Go ahead and move it to a floppy; OS/2 will
- still boot its merry way into your system.
-
- The 'Autoexec.Bat' is there for DOS sessions only. Therefore the 'SET'
- statements that appear there, are applicable to DOS session only. If it
- helps, think of your DOS sessions under OS/2 as just that; DOS. When
- IBM said 99.9% DOS, they were not kidding. Consequently any statements
- that you could put into your 'Autoexec.Bat' under native DOS, should be
- acceptable here.
-
- Nick.
-
-
- >
- >John Calvert
- >calvert@mast.queensu.ca
-
-
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