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> From: "Nathan Kreiger" <nathankreiger AT hotmail DOT com>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 08:06:18 -0800
> 
> I ran PROG1 and set the variable to "One, two, three, test.",
> but when PROG2 trys to read the variable, it's already gone.
> (Garbage collection at work?)

This happens because the environment variables set by PROG1 are gone
when PROG1 exits (they live in a block of memory that is allocated
for PROG1 and deallocated when PROG1 exits).

> Is there a way to set environmental variables so that they stay put
> even when the program that set them terminates?

The only portable way to do it is with a batch file.