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- From: douglas@usceast.cs.scarolina.edu (G. David Douglas Jr.)
- Subject: XTNDPTH2.ZIP - Extend MS-DOS (4.01 & up) PATH length, w/C src
- Message-ID: <9301252259.kp4401@tacom-emh1.army.mil>
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- Originator: w8sdz@tacom-emh1.army.mil
- Sender: msdos-ann-request@tacom-emh1.army.mil
- Organization: The SIMTEL20 Archives
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 22:59:43 GMT
- Approved: w8sdz@tacom-emh1.army.mil
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- I have uploaded to WSMR-SIMTEL20.Army.Mil:
-
- pd1:<msdos.sysutl>
- XTNDPTH2.ZIP Extend MS-DOS (4.01 & up) PATH length, w/C src
-
- XTNDPATH (eXTeND PATH -- FAST!) version 1.1 extends the MS-DOS (4.01
- and above) environment PATH= entry, allowing MS-DOS to search more
- directories for executables (utilities) to run, so you don't have to
- enter the complete directory path to a utility! XTNDPATH has been used
- to successfully extend the PATH= environment entry to over 1200
- characters, after which COMMAND.COM can STILL correctly find utilities.
- Version 1.1 adds the option of no environment update report (-Q), and
- returns exit codes for use with ERRORLEVEL in batch files or at the
- command line.
-
- XTNDPATH appends ALL environment entries starting with PATHPART (the
- default Prefix) to the PATH= entry, in the order in which they are
- found, inserting a ';' between two joined entries if necessary. See the
- XTNDPATH.MSG file in the XTNDPTH2.ZIP archive file for getting-started
- information; then see the XTNDPATH.H, XTNDPATH.C, and XTNDPATH.EXE files
- as well.
-
- I hope you find this utility as useful as I have. Comments, questions,
- etc. are all welcome.
-
- Best Regards,
-
- David Douglas
- Graduate Computer Science Program
- University of South Carolina
- Columbia, S.C. 29208
- E-mail: douglas@usceast.cs.scarolina.edu
- Home: (803)-794-1696
-