Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 13:28:54 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Jason Green <news AT jgreen4 DOT fsnet DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: I can't get the rhide command to work
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On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Jason Green wrote:

> > 1) I created a folder named "DJGPP"; 2) I downloaded the files picked 
> > by the autopicker for C++ programing; 3) I used WinZip to unzip my 
> > files and put them into my DJGPP folder; 4) I edited my AUTOEXEC.BAT 
> > file to enclude the lines "set PATH= C:\DJGPP\BIN;%PATH%" and "set 
> > DJGPP=C:\DJGPP\DJGPP.ENV"; 5) I rebooted. 
> 
> This is all good, except there shouldn't be a space after "PATH=", the
> space will probably stop that command from taking effect.

Actually, the space *after* the equals sign are ignored by
COMMAND.COM.  So this most probably is not the problem.

> > Looking at my AUTOEXEC.BAT file from MS-DOS (as opposed to the edit 
> > screen), I noticed it has the line "set 
> > PATH=C:\DJGPP\BIN;C:\DJGPP\BIN;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND" in place 
> > of the line "set PATH=C:\DJGPP\BIN;%PATH%".  So even though I typed 
> > the line in right, I think it is having problems with it (though this 
> > may be normal for all I know). 
> 
> I don't think this is normal.

Actually, it _is_ normal.