From:	"Graeme Fenwick" <gfenwick AT primex DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos,comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.os.ms-windows.win95
Subject:	Looking for help with MSDOS AUTOEXEC & CONFIG
Date:	Thu, 14 May 1998 11:36:54 +0100
Organization:	Nildram Ltd
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To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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I'm having a few problems finding out stuff about MSDOS apps under Win95, as
my previous experience of MSDOS is fairly limited. Can anyone out there help
me with the following questions? (You don't have to answer them all if you
don't want to!)

1) What are the differences between "genuine" MSDOS, Win95's DOS in a window
(via Start menu) and rebooting Win95 into MSDOS mode?

2) Do books on the newer MSDOSs apply to DOS under W95 in general?

3) AUTOEXEC.BAT is a file that simply executes the list of commands
contained within on booting, or running the DOS window- right (or wrong)?
And assuming I haven't configured a special DOS shortcut with its own
AUTOEXEC, does it run for all DOS Windows when launched?
And I'm guessing CONFIG.SYS tells the system where to find any device
drivers...

4) Does SET PATH tell DOS where to search for a certain command, say gcc,
and if so, how do I get DOS to look in two different paths for a program
(since it seems I can't do two SET PATHs)?
I've got this line in my AUTOEXEC.BAT file...
  set PATH=C:\NUPROGS\DJGPP\BIN\GNU\EMACS\BIN;%PATH%
but I'd like to have emacs on the path
    C:\NUPROGS\djgpp\gnu\emacs
running.

Sorry if this seems like an awful lot of questions in one go!
You've probably guessed by now that I'm no expert at DOS....

-Graeme Fenwick

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