nadya@dartvax.UUCP (JT and Nadya) (07/23/87)
I know this has probably been asked forty times in the last year, but... I'm running DOS 3.10 on a Televideo Telecat IBM clone, and I've run out of environment space setting up my path and what-not. Is there a way to enlarge this? Thanks in advance -- JT "There are those few - somber in manner, refined of mind - who pride themselves in the seriousness with which they conduct their lives... ... sustained, of course, by the occasional and private display of serious, full gonzo goofing." - Berke Breathed
swh@hpsmtc1.HP.COM (Steve Harrold) (07/24/87)
Re: Environment space in COMMAND.COM
In your CONFIG.SYS file, insert a line like:
shell=command.com c: /e:nn /p
The "c:" part tells the resident part of COMMAND.COM where to find the
transient part.
The "/e:nn" part controls how big an environment space is desired. The "nn"
is a number from 10 to 62 (defaulting to 10) indicating how many 16-byte
chunks of memory are to be reserved for the environment space.
The "/p" tells that this copy of COMMAND.COM is to be permanent; also
causes AUTOEXEC.BAT to be executed.
This works for DOS 2.x and DOS 3.1
For DOS 3.2 (and probably 3.3), the value "nn" must be in bytes (max 32000)
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Steve Harrold ...hplabs!hpsmtc1!swh
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---------------------jru@etn-rad.UUCP (John Unekis) (07/25/87)
In article <6740@dartvax.UUCP> nadya@dartvax.UUCP (JT and Nadya) writes: >I'm running DOS 3.10 on a Televideo Telecat IBM clone, and I've run out of >environment space setting up my path and what-not. Is there a way to enlarge >this? One trick that I use is to put a lastdrive=Z line in my config.sys file. Then in autoexec.bat I put: subst F: C:\bin subst G: C:\dos\utility subst H: C:\what\ever\else path=F:\;G:\;H:\ this may not extend the environment string size, but it saves room within the string. -------------------------------------------------------------- ihnp4!wlbr!etn-rad!jru
bw@hpcvlo.HP.COM (Bill Wilhelmi) (07/28/87)
In my CONFIG.SYS file I have the following line: SHELL = COMMAND.COM C:\ /P /E:30 The /E switch sets up the number of 16-byte (I believe) paragraphs of environment space. If you switch to DOS 3.2, be forwarned that the /E switch sets up the number of BYTES of environment space, not paragraphs. Bill Wilhelmi Hewlett-Packard Company Corvallis Workstation Operation Corvallis, Oregon
keyles@elbereth.rutgers.edu (Mike) (10/09/87)
Hi, I know this has been posted several times, but not when I needed it of course. So, can someone give me details on increasing my environment space? Please post directly to me... Thanks, Mike ============================================================================ Michael Keyles UUCP : rutgers!elbereth.rutgers.edu!keyles Rutgers University BITNET : 1005106@rutvm1 P.O Box 879 ARPANET: keyles@elbereth.rutgers.edu Piscataway, NJ 08855 FIDONET: 107/320 (201) 932-3237 SNAIL : 4 Tiger Lilly Court Sayreville, NJ 08872 VOICE : (201) 390-4432 -- ============================================================================ Michael Keyles UUCP : rutgers!elbereth.rutgers.edu!keyles Rutgers University BITNET : 1005106@rutvm1 P.O Box 879 ARPANET: keyles@elbereth.rutgers.edu Piscataway, NJ 08855 FIDONET: 107/320 (201) 932-3237 SNAIL : 4 Tiger Lilly Court Sayreville, NJ 08872 VOICE : (201) 390-4432
mrk@gvgspd.UUCP (Michael R. Kesti) (10/10/87)
In article <781@elbereth.rutgers.edu> keyles@elbereth.rutgers.edu (Mike) writes: >So, can someone give me details on increasing my environment >space? All together now, boys and girls, with full harmony and feeling: WHAT VERSION DO YOU RUN????????????????????? Seriously Mike (and everyone), as has been said *MANY* times, it does absolutely *NO* good to ask for help here without telling us with what it is that you need help. I am sure that there are many willing to help (myself included, when possible), but without adequate information, we may as well attempt to supply accurate data concerning the alternate universe around the corner! -- =================================================================== Michael Kesti Grass Valley Group, Inc. P.O. Box 1114 Grass Valley, CA 95945 UUCP: ...!tektronix!gvgpsa!gvgMac fooi
swh@hpsmtc1.HP.COM (Steve Harrold) (10/12/87)
Well, Michael, do you or don't you have the information? :-) --------------------- Steve Harrold ...hplabs!hpsmtc1!swh HPG200/13 (408) 447-5580 ---------------------
wew@naucse.UUCP (Bill Wilson) (10/16/87)
n order to increase your environment space (which is in the DOS manual), add the following in your config.sys: shell=c:\command.com /E:xxxxx where xxxx is an integer in the range 160 to 32768
khoo@sdl.UUCP (Yong Khoo) (01/30/89)
Can anyone provide info on expanding environment space for COMMAND.COM. My copy of setenv.exe that comes with Microsoft C 5.0 does not seem to work with MSDOS 3.20. Thanks
alanf%smile@Sun.COM (Alan Fargusson @ peace with the world) (02/02/89)
In article <1134@khoo.sdl.UUCP>, khoo@sdl.UUCP (Yong Khoo) writes: > Can anyone provide info on expanding environment space for COMMAND.COM. > > My copy of setenv.exe that comes with Microsoft C 5.0 does not seem > > to work with MSDOS 3.20. > > Thanks I hate to say RTFM, but the answer is in there. Setenv.exe is for 2.x systems. For 3.x systems there is a line to add to config.sys. I don't remember exactly what it is but it is something like SHELL=COMMAND.COM /P:XXXX where XXXX is the size in paragraphs of the environment. /P is probably wrong so check the manual. I don't have access to MSC 5.0 anymore. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Alan Fargusson Sun Microsystems alanf@sun.com ..!sun!alanf
simcha@humming.UUCP (Simcha Lerner) (02/02/89)
To expand your environment, in your config.sys put an explicit shell declaration line as follows: shell=c:\command.com c:\ /p /e:nn where nn is the environment size. In 3.1 the /e option is an undocumented feature, and nn is set in paragraphs (number of bytes/16). In 3.2 and later, the /e option is documented, but nn is set in bytes, not paragraphs. the max. environment is 32KB, the min is 128B, and the default is 620B. For more information, look at the commands section of your dos manual for the command called "command". Also look in the section on config.sys for info on shell. [BTW: In the "old" days, various programs were around that would patch command.com to create a larger environment. The problem is that these programs were HIGHLY version specific, and could corrupt the command.com of another release of dos.] simcha lerner harvard!humming!simcha
ted@bangles.SGI.COM (Ted Wilcox) (02/03/89)
In article <1134@khoo.sdl.UUCP>, khoo@sdl.UUCP (Yong Khoo) writes: > Can anyone provide info on expanding environment space for COMMAND.COM. > > My copy of setenv.exe that comes with Microsoft C 5.0 does not seem > to work with MSDOS 3.20. With 3.2, you don't need to use setenv. I forget the exact format, but you can specify options in your config.sys file which set aside more environment space for command.com. I think it's in the DOS manual in the section on config.sys. Hope this helps. -- Ted. ted@sgi.com {sun|decwrl|pyramid|ucbvax}!sgi!ted
dani@ritcsh.UUCP (Dani Kadoch) (02/04/89)
In article <87891@sun.uucp> alanf%smile@Sun.COM (Alan Fargusson @ peace with the world) writes: >In article <1134@khoo.sdl.UUCP>, khoo@sdl.UUCP (Yong Khoo) writes: >> Can anyone provide info on expanding environment space for COMMAND.COM. >> My copy of setenv.exe that comes with Microsoft C 5.0 does not seem >> to work with MSDOS 3.20. > >I hate to say RTFM, but the answer is in there. Setenv.exe is for 2.x systems. >For 3.x systems there is a line to add to config.sys. I don't remember >exactly what it is but it is something like SHELL=COMMAND.COM /P:XXXX >where XXXX is the size in paragraphs of the environment. /P is probably wrong Yup, /P is wrong, it should be /E, and XXXX specifies the number of BYTES, not paragraphs to reserve for the environment space. So if you need to reserve 500 bytes this is what you should have in your config.sys: SHELL=COMMAND.COM /E:500 Hope this helps! Dani. -- +/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\+ > Dani Kadoch -- R&D director @ Computer Science House < > Rochester Institute of Technology < > UUCP:rochester!ritcv!ritcsh!dani MCIMail:dani BITNET:dnk8842@ritvax <
henders@mist.cs.orst.edu (B. Scott Henderson) (02/04/89)
To increase your environment space, simply add a line to
your config.sys file that looks like:
shell=[drive:][\path]command.com /e:xxxx /p
where xxxx is the size in bytes you wish to reserve for the
environment (it will be rounded up to the nearest paragraph
boundary). The /p option disables the 'exit' command for
this particular shell.marc@rna.UUCP (Marc Johnson) (02/08/89)
>In article <1134@khoo.sdl.UUCP>, khoo@sdl.UUCP (Yong Khoo) writes: > Can anyone provide info on expanding environment space for COMMAND.COM. > My copy of setenv.exe that comes with Microsoft C 5.0 does not seem > to work with MSDOS 3.20. > I hope I can clarify some of the confusion on this: For DOS 3.1 and before, you need to say: shell=command.com /e:#### /p where #### is the number of 16-byte paragraphs you want to reserve. For DOS 3.2 and later, you need to say: shell=command.com /e:#### /p where #### is the number of BYTES you want. In both cases, the /p tells DOS to go ahead and execute AUTOEXEC.BAT after this command. You probably want this. You may also, of course, optionally specify a drive and directory path for command.com. Don't you just LOVE IBM?!?!?!? ;)-|-< Marc Johnson =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= = Marc Johnson BITNET: rna!marc@rockvax.bitnet = = Rockefeller Univ. Neurobiology UUCP: ...cmcl2!rna!marc = = New York City INTERNET: marc%rna@rocky2.rockefeller.edu = = (129.85.2.1) = = = = "Gimme the beat boys and free my soul, I wanna get lost in your rock & roll = = ...and drift away" = =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=