From: "Edward M" <who2go2 AT hotmail DOT com>
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Subject: Re: is this right?
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 12:56:01 -0700
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Stuart Hall wrote in message <368b2c95 DOT 1248268 AT news>...
>Jeremy, what does the %path% do, anyway?


%PATH% allows you to append things to your path (think of it as a variable
that hold the current contents of path).  For example, say I want to add the
directory "c:\whatever" to the already existing path (which is
"c:\windows;c:\windows\command").  All I have to do is go "set
path=c:\whatever;%PATH%" and now my new path is
"c:\whatever;c:\windows;c:\windows\command".  Simple eh?  Although this only
lasts as long as you have your dos box open or untill you restart your
computer.  For a more permanent solution, make the appropriate changes in
your autoexec.bat.

Edward M.