Date: Sun, 1 Feb 1998 18:40:50 -0800 (PST)
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To: Thomas Demmer <demmer AT LSTM DOT Ruhr-UNI-Bochum DOT De>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject: Re: increasing environment space
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At 05:32  1/31/1998 +0100, Thomas Demmer wrote:
>Nate Eldredge wrote:
>> 
>> At 09:44  1/30/1998 +1030, Richard Sim wrote:
>> >shell=c:\command.com /e:512 /p
>> >That goes in your config.sys
>> >
>> >That's what I was told... :-)
>> That's correct. Some other points:
>> * The `512' can be increased if you still run out, up to a maximum of (I
>> think) 32768. But:
>> * This space comes out of conventional memory, and each program that runs
>> gets a copy of the environment, so don't go overboard.
>Yes, but doesn't it only get a copy of the environment in use?
>That's why you should place the SET foo=bar commands in your
>autoexec.bat _after_ the TSR's.
Does it? I suppose that makes sense; I don't really know. :) Thinking some
more, I guess you're right. COMMAND.COM does still eat an amount of
conventional memory equal to what you specify, of course.

Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net