oistony@ubvmsc.cc.buffalo.edu (Anthony Petro) (03/23/91)
having problems with dos 3.3 and a long path specification. i've increased the environment size so as to have more than enough space for the path and environment variables, but the path still gets truncated. i know i'm not out of space, in fact, because i'm setting a whole bunch of variables AFTER the path and i get no "out of environment space" problems. i seem to recall discussion a while ago on the fact that dos has a built-in limit on how long a path can be (like 128 chars) regardless of how large the environment is. can anyone comment on that, and if it is the case, can anyone point me to a pd program to circumvent the limitation? (i vaguely recall references to such programs, with names like BIGPATH etc... oh, if only i had been paying attention!) anthony m. petro "beethoven" i can say what i want; i'm just an undergrad oistony@UBVMSD.BITNET "frame by frame, oistony@mednet.bitnet death by drowning, petro@sun.acsu.buffalo.edu in your own in your own... analysis..."
daneman@czech.sw.mcc.com (Michael Daneman) (03/23/91)
References: <67065@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> In article <67065@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> oistony@ubvmsc.cc.buffalo.edu (Anthony Petro) writes: > having problems with dos 3.3 and a long path specification. i've > increased the environment size so as to have more than enough space > for the path and environment variables, but the path still gets > truncated. I suggest you use 4DOS. It is a shareware substitute for COMMAND.COM and it allows, among numerous other things, long PATH names. It also has aliases, file name completion, powerfull batch language, good environment support, etc. And it is almost 100% COMMAND.COM compatible. I've been using it for about a month now and I don't think I would be able to switch back to COMMAND.COM with serious emotional trauma. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- "No clever quote available today." -Mike.
mcastle@mcs213e.cs.umr.edu (Mike Castle {Nexus}) (03/23/91)
BIGPATH.ARC PD1:<MSDOS.SYSUTL> Expand DOS's PATH CPATH20.ZIP PD1:<MSDOS.SYSUTL> Extend PATH to more than 128 characters SETPTH14.ZIP PD1:<MSDOS.SYSUTL> Set PATH to more than 127 characters SPOON1A.ARC PD1:<MSDOS.SYSUTL> Spoon Path v1a: menued 4.5k TSR path extender These are all available at: New Mexico: simtel20.army.mil (26.2.0.74) in the directory listed above (PDx:<MSDOS.xxxxx> ) Missouri: wuarchive.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4) in mirrors/msdos/xxxxx Australia: sol.deakin.oz.au (128.184.1.1) in pub/PC/simtel-20/xxxxx There are several mail servers that will process the ftp commands for those who have access to e-mail, but not FTP. Addresses are: In North America (Simtel20 access only): LISTSERV@VM1.NODAK.EDU North Dakota State University. LISTSERV@VM.ECS.RPI.EDU Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. In the body of the mail have the command: GET PDGET HELP Also (any ftp site): BITFTP@PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU In the body of the mail have the command: HELP Trickle servers (Simtel20 access only): In Denmark: TRICKLE@DKTC11 In Turkey: TRICKLE@TREARN In Italy: TRICKLE@IMIPOLI In Belgium: TRICKLE@BANUFS11 In Austria: TRICKLE@AWIWUW11 In Germany: TRICKLE@DTUZDV1 In Spain: TRICKLE@EB0UB011 In Israel: TRICKLE@TAUNIVM In Netherlands: TRICKLE@HEARN France: TRICKLE@FRMOP11 Germany: TRICKLE@DB0FUB11 Chile: TRICKLE@USACHVM1 Not sure: TRICKLE@DS0RUS1I (note: these are EARN/BITNET style addresses. Internet users should use BITNET domain addresses such as TRICKLE@TREAN.BITNET) In the body of the mail have the command: /HELP If anyone knows of any other mirrored archives of Simtel20, please let me know and I'll add them to this generic response. Thanks. -- Mike Castle (Nexus) S087891@UMRVMA.UMR.EDU (preferred) | XEDIT: Emacs mcastle@mcs213k.cs.umr.edu (unix mail-YEACH!)| on a REAL Life is like a clock: You can work constantly, and be right | operating all the time, or not work at all, and be right twice a day. | system. :->
mstr@vipunen.hut.fi (Markus Strand) (03/23/91)
In article <67065@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> oistony@ubvmsc.cc.buffalo.edu writes: >i seem to recall discussion a while ago on the fact that dos has a >built-in limit on how long a path can be (like 128 chars) regardless >of how large the environment is. can anyone comment on that, and if >it is the case, can anyone point me to a pd program to circumvent >the limitation? (i vaguely recall references to such programs, with >names like BIGPATH etc... oh, if only i had been paying attention!) DOS has a built-in limit for setting all environment variables, 128 chars. You have to use some other program to set them DOS reads them alright. I use 4DOS, but there are several other programs check at SIMTEL or FUNIC.