dpeter@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Peter J Diaz de Leon) (06/27/87)
I have created a config.sys file on my system, and one of the commands in it is
SET LISP%LIB=C:\UTIL
However when I issue the SET command at the C> prompt is shows me
LISPLIB=C:\UTIL
Where did the % go.
But if I issue SET LISP%LIB=C:\UTIL at the C> prompt it works fine.
I am running MSDOS 3.1 on a COMPAQ DESKPRO 286 two floppies and a 1.5MB
Ram Drive.
thanks in advance
peter
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==============================================================================brown@nicmad.UUCP (Mr. Video) (06/29/87)
In article <2362@uwmcsd1.UUCP> dpeter@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Peter J Diaz de Leon) writes:
<I have created a config.sys file on my system, and one of the commands in it is
<SET LISP%LIB=C:\UTIL
SET commands are to be done within a .BAT file, in your case AUTOEXEC.BAT.
SET is not a CONFIG.SYS option.
<However when I issue the SET command at the C> prompt is shows me
<LISPLIB=C:\UTIL
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<Where did the % go.
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<But if I issue SET LISP%LIB=C:\UTIL at the C> prompt it works fine.
From within a .BAT file, use %% to get a single %.
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terminus-/mrk@gvgspd.UUCP (Michael R. Kesti) (06/29/87)
In article <2362@uwmcsd1.UUCP> dpeter@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Peter J Diaz de Leon) writes: >I have created a config.sys file on my system, and one of the commands in it is ^^^^^^^^^^ He later posted that he meant AUTOEXEC.BAT >SET LISP%LIB=C:\UTIL > >However when I issue the SET command at the C> prompt is shows me >LISPLIB=C:\UTIL > >Where did the % go. Looks to me like the batch interpreter is trying to do string substitution for the AUTOEXEC.BAT version (the % is normally used, along with a number, to indicate such a substitution), while the command line version doesn't even attempt substitution of any sort, thus allowing the % through. =================================================================== Michael Kesti Grass Valley Group, Inc. P.O. Box 1114 Grass Valley, CA 95945 UUCP: ...!tektronix!gvgpsa!gvgspd!mrk