From: Weiqi Gao <weiqigao AT a DOT crl DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: *=_+~HELP~+_=*
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 08:57:47 -0500
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Michael Langton wrote:
> 
> > PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\DJGPP\BIN;C:\DJGPP\BIN;%PATH%
> ^^^ %PATH% means the contents of the path variable which, fortunately,
> is nothing when this line is parsed, and the djgpp directory is here
> twice.

This is true for MSDOS.  For Windows 95, the %PATH% variable is
pre-populated with your %WindowsDir% and your %WindowsCommandDir% by the
time AUTOEXEC.BAT is run.

> This line should be either:
> SET PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\DJGPP\BIN
>         or:
> PATH C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\DJGPP\BIN

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