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Sender: nate AT cartsys DOT com
Message-ID: <35CDB447.5592D477@cartsys.com>
Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1998 07:37:59 -0700
From: Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: arfa AT clara DOT net
CC: DJGPP Mailing List <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: Please help me on this question now! Thanks
References: <000201bdc2cd$bc2d1fc0$4f4d08c3 AT arthur>

Arthur wrote:
> 
> > >set DJGPP=C:\DJGPP\DJGPP.ENV
> > >SET PATH=C:\DJGPP\BIN;
> > >
> >
> > Those should be the top two lines of your autoexec.bat file.  Are they?
> 
> They don't have to be. My setup works fine with those lines sitting comfortably at
> the bottom of my autoexec.bat file.

You are correct.  However, if someone has something in AUTOEXEC.BAT that
stops its processing prematurely ("win", another batch file without
"call", etc), those won't get run if they're at the bottom.  Thus, to
put them at the top is good advice to a newbie.
-- 

Nate Eldredge
nate AT cartsys DOT com


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