Message-ID: <008601c2b6f3$8f852110$0100a8c0@acp42g>
From: "Andrew Cottrell" <acottrel AT ihug DOT com DOT au>
To: <djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com>
References: <10301071613 DOT AA21393 AT clio DOT rice DOT edu>
Subject: Re: Quirk with command.com shell on XP
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 18:41:52 +1100
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>  Eli wrote::
> > 2) Try to execute the makeall.bat using the following command:-
> > >     redir -o mkall_out.txt -eo makeall.bat
> >
> > Try "redir -o mkall_out.txt -eo command.com /e:2000 /c makeall.bat"
> > instead.
This worked fine.


>  Charles wrote::
> What happens with:
>  makeall 2>&1 >mkall_out.txt
>
> (which is the standard NT/Win2K/WinXP way to do this).
This works fine.

Okay now what.... Where is the appropriate place to document this?

How about the following mod to teh FAQ for command.com in 2000 and XP? This
method hopefully is more idiot proof than some of the other methods that I
tried. What do people think about this?

*** djgppfaq.txt Wed Jan  8 18:39:40 2003
--- djgppfaq_old.txt Wed Jan  8 18:39:40 2003
***************
*** 396,408 ****

                  SHELL = C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM C:\DOS /E:2048

-                            on Windows 2000 and XP if you are using the
command.com shell then
-            one method to increase the enviroment size is to change the
startup
-            cmd line property for C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\COMMAND.COM to the
-            following:
-              C:\WINDOWS\system32\command.com /e:32000
-
-
          Your installation is now complete.

     * How do I compile and link programs?
--- 396,401 ----


Andrew