emb978@leah.Albany.Edu (Eric M. Boehm) (02/01/89)
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. Just add the following line to CONFIG.SYS (make it the first line) SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM C:\ /E:512 /P You can replace occurrences of C:\ with the correct path for COMMAND.COM (the first occurrence tells MS-DOS where to find COMMAND.COM the first time, the second tells it where to find COMMAND.COM when it needs to reload). The /E tells MS-DOS how many bytes to use for the environment (in bytes, to a maximum of 32,767, default is 128 bytes). The /P tells MS-DOS that this is the primary processor for the EXIT command. You also need this so that AUTOEXEC.BAT will execute. Eric M. Boehm EMB978@ALBNY1VX.BITNET EMB978@LEAH.ALBANY.EDU
toddg@hpldoma.HP.COM (Todd Goin) (02/02/89)
>>> SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM C:\ /E:512 /P >>> >>> You can replace occurrences of C:\ with the correct path for COMMAND.COM >>> (the first occurrence tells MS-DOS where to find COMMAND.COM the first time, >>> the second tells it where to find COMMAND.COM when it needs to reload). The You state that the second c:\ tells MS-DOS where to find command.com when reloading is necessary. I have a system that contains the following in the config.sys: SHELL=C:\dos\command.com /E:1024 /P And the following in the \autoexec.bat: SET COMSPEC=C:\dos\command.com Is using the line you describe equivalent (and easier) than the setup I have??? Todd Goin HP-Electronic Design Division
toddg@hpldoma.HP.COM (Todd Goin) (02/02/89)
>> 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 >> ---------- I could never get setenv to work either. My config.sys file contains the line: SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM /E:4098 /P The /E: is the parameter that allows you to expand the environment. There are documented limitations on this number (such as even number of paragraphs of memory or some such) I just couldn't seem to find them this morning. This size of environment has served my needs well for over two years and I do a lot of "SETing". Make sure that you include the "/P" option if you want AUTOEXEC.BAT to run. Todd Goin Hewlett Packard Electronic Design Divison