Date:	Mon, 6 Mar 2000 16:10:08 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	Martin Stromberg <eplmst AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se>
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Subject:	Re: install -> ginstall symlink in fil316b
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On 6 Mar 2000, Martin Stromberg wrote:

> Eli Zaretskii (eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il) wrote:
> : Incidentally, I think it's not a good idea to use `install' on
> : DOS/Windows systems anyway: you could easily pick up the Windows
> : install.exe, what with the brutal Windows way of sticking its own
> : directories to the front of PATH (unless you use special work-arounds
> : for this misfeature in your AUTOEXEC.BAT).
> 
> Hey! What's this work-around?

On Windows 95, set PATH to empty before changing it.  It might also help 
to have a special batch file run by the DOS box when it starts.

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