madd@bucsb.bu.edu.UUCP (02/21/87)
In article <3298@j.cc.purdue.edu> tim@j.cc.purdue.edu.UUCP (Timothy Lange) writes: >Here is some info about setting DOS environment variables what to do >about more environment space. First, how do you change the amount of >space? If you have DOS prior to 3.xx then you must modify COMMAND.COM >to change the space allocation, if you have DOS 3.[01] then you can use >the SHELL variable in your CONFIG.SYS and set the space in units of >PARAGRAPHS (16 bytes). If you have DOS 3.2 then the units are in bytes. Since there has been a lot of traffic about environment sizes, I would like to ask some more knowledgable person a question. Why won't our COMMAND.COM (PC-DOS V3.10) allow us to expand our environment? It remains fixed at whatever the default is, regardless of /e:xxx specifications on the SHELL= command. Notes: * we never use memory resident programs, since this has been shown to cause problems with the software we use. * I have attempted specifying the size in both paragraphs (should range from 10 to 62, I think) and bytes (160 to something or other). Is it possible that not all versions of PC-DOS 3.10 have the /e option? %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% - Jim Frost * The Madd Hacker - UUCP: ..!harvard!bu-cs!bucsb!madd | ARPANET: madd@bucsb.bu.edu CSNET: madd%bucsb@bu-cs | BITNET: cscc71c@bostonu -------------------------------+---+------------------------------------ "Oh beer, oh beer." -- Me | [=(BEER) <- Bud the Beer (cheers!)