Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 22:13:44 +0300
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> From: "Andrew Cottrell" <acottrel AT ihug DOT com DOT au>
> Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 20:04:17 +1100
> >
> > Anyway, what general problems does this setting avoid?
> It means that you can have multiple comnmand.com pif files and they will all
> have the enviroment set to 32000. I forgot that you also need to set the
> comspec=C:\WINDOWS\system32\command.com.

Yes, I understand what does the solution do, but why is it needed?  If
the only case where it happens is when a batch file is run which sets
enviroment variables, I'm not sure this is DJGPP-related enough for us
to include it in the FAQ.