From:	"jgc9" <jgc9 AT dingoblue DOT net DOT au>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
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Subject:	Re: DOS can't find RHIDE with WindowME
Date:	Tue, 16 Oct 2001 23:36:52 +1000
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"Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote in message
news:Pine DOT SUN DOT 3 DOT 91 DOT 1011016105151 DOT 1994J-100000 AT is...
>
> On Tue, 16 Oct 2001, jgc9 wrote:
>
> > "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote in message
> > news:Pine DOT SUN DOT 3 DOT 91 DOT 1011015110046 DOT 23336H-100000 AT is...
> > >
> > > On Mon, 15 Oct 2001, jgc9 wrote:
> > >
> > > > How do I find the previous value of  %PATH%
> > >
> > > Open a DOS box and type "set [Enter]".  Look for the line which
> > > begins with "PATH=".  What's after the equals sign is the value of
> > > PATH that you should type instead of %PATH%.
> >
> > I tried that. What I found was of course the value I was already
> > entered into PATH namely:
> >  C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\DJGPP\BIN
> > repeating this string didn't make any difference. Typing RHIDE from
> > any directory other than  C:\DJGPP\BIN where RHIDE resides
> > still resulted in a "bad command or file name" error.
>

>So you are saying that C:\DJGPP\BIN appears in your PATH when you type
>"set" from the DOS box's prompt, but nevertheless typing "rhide"
>doesn't invoke it?

>I find that hard to believe.  Please type "set > environ.txt", then
>post here the contents of the file `environ.txt' created by this
>command.

COMSPEC=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM
PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C\DJGPP\BIN;
PROMPT=$p$g
TEMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP
TMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP
DJGPP=C:\DJGPP\DJGPP.ENV
winbootdir=C:\WINDOWS
windir=C:\WINDOWS
BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 T4 P330
CMDLINE=doskey /insert


>  Also, please type "dir c:\djgpp\bin\rhide*" and post here
>what did that print.

 Volume in drive C is S3A0636D001
 Volume Serial Number is 1D6F-18E0
 Directory of c:\DJGPP\bin
RHIDE    EXE       642,552  10-08-01  6:24p rhide.exe
         1 file(s)        642,552 bytes
         0 dir(s)        8,492.38 MB free

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