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Or for long filenames enclose them in double quotes
PATH="c:\Program Files\Common\WindowsCrashes";C:\DOS

heh.

Cheers,

leroy.


Manni Heumann wrote:

> In article <E10sjSj-0005Hf-00 AT smtp DOT intekom DOT co DOT za>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com wrote:
>
> >I use 95 - but I run DJGPP in a normal Win DOS box - there is an option in
> >the properties for a DOS box to increase the environment size - this is
> >what you need to stop the "too many parameters" error. You are overwriting
> >the path param due to an insuffiecient environment.
> >
>
> Sorry, but this is wrong.
> If you are out of environment space, you will get an error that says exactly
> this.
> The error "too many parameters" is more like a syntax error. Somewhere in the
> path= line you have a space, which doesn't belong there. Avoid spaces when
> defining environment variables!
> Probably the original poster tried to set the path to a long filename, like in
> path=program files\something. You will have to use the short (dos) name of
> that directory.
>
> --
>
> Manni