From: Thomas Demmer <demmer AT LSTM DOT Ruhr-UNI-Bochum DOT De>
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Subject: Re: increasing environment space
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 17:32:39 +0100
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Nate Eldredge wrote:
> 
> At 09:44  1/30/1998 +1030, Richard Sim wrote:
> >shell=c:\command.com /e:512 /p
> >That goes in your config.sys
> >
> >That's what I was told... :-)
> That's correct. Some other points:
> * The `512' can be increased if you still run out, up to a maximum of (I
> think) 32768. But:
> * This space comes out of conventional memory, and each program that runs
> gets a copy of the environment, so don't go overboard.
Yes, but doesn't it only get a copy of the environment in use?
That's why you should place the SET foo=bar commands in your
autoexec.bat _after_ the TSR's.

 
Ciao
Tom

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