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From: manni DOT heumann AT gmx DOT de (Manni Heumann)
Subject: Re: Where do I put the lines in my autoexec.bat?
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Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 19:38:31 GMT
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djgpp AT delorie DOT com wrote:
>> From: manni DOT heumann AT gmx DOT de (Manni Heumann)
>> Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 15:04:49 GMT
>> >
>> >In the versions of DOS where the 8-level limitation is lifted, the
>> >64-character limit was promoted to 128.
>> 
>> Regarding the maximum length of the path or the maximum 
>> length of a command line?
>
>The maximum length of the path.  The command-line length limit stays
>at 126 characters.

OK, I thought you were refering to the path. Nevertheless, I am not 
sure, whether everyone knows this or I somehow became part of a 
minority, BUT: Since ms-dos 6.2 or 6.22, you can specify the path in 
config.sys without any 126 char limit. IIRC, the limit is at 68k. I 
don't know whether this is a bug or a feature, you never can be sure 
with ms, but it still works with the win98-Dos. You will have to use 
set to get this working:
set path=incredible\long\path;right\here

Still not sure whether I am stating the trivial here...


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Manni