From:	arkane <ctriebel AT christa DOT unh DOT edu>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Setting env variables
Date:	Wed, 17 Dec 1997 08:18:01 -0500
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I don't remember that command ever coming with DOS.  I think that 'set' is
part of the command.com shell.  Somebody tell me I am wrong here.  Jeese
the things you forget when you start working with better shells like BASH.

On the other hand we could always search the web for implementations of
this command.  I think I remember a couple at simtelnet, don't remember
much else though. 

arkane

On 17 Dec 1997, Paul Derbyshire wrote:

> Date: 17 Dec 1997 08:47:55 GMT
> From: Paul Derbyshire <ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Subject: Setting env variables
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Firstly if PUTENV only affects the environment within the calling program
> why use it? Why not use a variable?
> 
> Secondly, maybe someone can decompile the set.com (or whatever it is) that
> comes with DOS to see how to modify the parent environment. The SET
> command works nicely for this:
> 
> 
> set djgpp=c:/foo/bar/blah   ; In Autoexec.bat, gets done at startup
> 
> gcc -o foo.exe foo.c     ; This works, ergo the above changed DJGPP not
>                          ; just for SET but for the parent DOS session
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