ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi LASK) (04/13/90)
From: Timo Salmi LASK <ts> Subject: Re: Path extension above 128 characters To: cjveenm@cs.vu.nl (Veenman CJ) Date: Fri, 13 Apr 90 7:35:19 EET DST > > I have a new version of cpath.exe running. It now works on Dos versions from > 2.00 on. The problem was that Dos versions below 3.30 don't always use the > environment they are supposed to use (in my opinion). They have another data > space besides the environment in which the PATH is also located. This PATH is > used as search PATH. Furthermore the first called COMMAND.COM hasn't got an > environment at all, but possible children of it do have one. So now I had to > look in the Dos memory map to find the environment Dos uses when it looks for > the PATH. That's all! > Well it was a lot of work because I couldn't find any documantation about this. > > Greetings from Holland, > Cor. Thanks Cor. Your program is now available by anonymous ftp from chyde.uwasa.fi as (/pc/pd2/)cpath20.zip. ................................................................... Prof. Timo Salmi (Moderating at anon. ftp site 128.214.12.3) School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun