rogerc@copper.MDP.TEK.COM (Roger Crooks) (02/19/89)
Can anyone tell me how to enter a path name > 128 characters. I have enough environment space but it drops all characters after 128. Thanks.
jc58+@andrew.cmu.edu (Johnny J. Chin) (02/19/89)
To get longer paths, you must increase your environment space.
To do this you have to place the following line into CONFIG.SYS:
SHELL=COMMAND.COM /P /E:2000
I think this should give you more than enough environment space.
If not, try it with /E:4000 instead of /E:2000.
I hope this helps.
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> To get longer paths, you must increase your environment space.
You can also cheat and shrink the name for the directorys in the path:
NORTON = NU
TURBOC = TC
.
.
.
so that PATH=C:\NORTON;C:\TURBOC
becomes PATH=C:\NU;C:\TC
This does save a few characters if you only need to add one more name.
Mike
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