Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 11:28:53 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: Where do I put the lines in my autoexec.bat?
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On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, Damian Yerrick wrote:

> >> >> set PATH=C:\WINDOWS\DESKTOP\Tyler\Programs\DJGPP\BIN;%PATH%
> >> 
> >> WARNING: This path is dangerously long.  DOS often has trouble
> >> handling paths longer than about 64 characters or 8 levels deep.
> >
> >There are no 8 levels here (I counted 6), so this PATH is safe.
> 
> C:\WINDOWS\DESKTOP\Tyler\Programs\DJGPP\LANG\CXX\STD
> or worse yet, the path to the preprocessor and compiler proper:
> C:\WINDOWS\DESKTOP\Tyler\Programs\DJGPPLIB\GCC-LIB\DJGPP\2.952

These two are exactly 8, so they are still safe.

> >Also, this is on Windows, not on DOS, and Windows doesn't have
> >the 8-level limitation.
> 
> It does when you start Windows in MS-DOS mode (push F8 before the
> clouds pop up then choose Command prompt).

Not if your DOS version is 7.1 or later (i.e. Windows 95 OSR2 or
Windows 98): these don't have the 8-level limit either.