Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
From: manfred DOT heumann AT uni-bielefeld DOT de (Manni Heumann)
Subject: Re: DJGPP autoexec.bat
References: <E10sjSj-0005Hf-00 AT smtp DOT intekom DOT co DOT za>
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In article <E10sjSj-0005Hf-00 AT smtp DOT intekom DOT co DOT za>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com wrote:

>I use 95 - but I run DJGPP in a normal Win DOS box - there is an option in
>the properties for a DOS box to increase the environment size - this is
>what you need to stop the "too many parameters" error. You are overwriting
>the path param due to an insuffiecient environment.
>

Sorry, but this is wrong.
If you are out of environment space, you will get an error that says exactly 
this.
The error "too many parameters" is more like a syntax error. Somewhere in the 
path= line you have a space, which doesn't belong there. Avoid spaces when 
defining environment variables! 
Probably the original poster tried to set the path to a long filename, like in 
path=program files\something. You will have to use the short (dos) name of 
that directory.


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Manni