burton@parcvax.Xerox.COM (Philip M. Burton) (08/23/87)
I am a recent user of procomm, v2.4.2, and generally prefer it over my previous package, which shall go unnamed. However, I can't seem to be able to get procomm to start successfully from any directory except its home. If procomm doesn't start from its home directory, it can't find its configuration files unless its environment string is set. Following the instructions on page 102 of the manual, I ran the following in my autoexec.bat: SET PROCOMM=C:\COMM\ (Yes, the trailing backslash is needed, according to the manual.) The problem is, procomm doesn't seem to use it. Any suggestions? My mailer is flaky. Please post replies to the net. TIA. -- Philip Burton Xerox Corporation 408 737 4635 ... usual disclaimers apply ...
agollum@engr.uky.edu (David Herron aka Admiral Gollum) (08/27/87)
You're right, the trailing backslash is needed. Are you sure, though, that you're not running out of environment space? Issue the SET command with no arguments to see your environment vars. Is PROCOMM among them? If not, you need more room. Also, you might try adding the drive specifier to the string, ie SET PROCOMM=C:\COMM\ (Come to think of it, this may be your problem). Kenneth Herron