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From: "James Fudge" <jfudge AT adams DOT berk DOT net>
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Subject: Re: [opendos] Sources
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 16:30:51 -0800
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Dennis Janssen wrote:

> So the sources are in some weirdo source control system, right? What
> is/does a `source control system' (do)?
> 
> And if Caldera is having so much diffuculty getting the sources out of
it,
> how did they compile them in the first place?
> 
> Just wonderin'
> 
>      Dennis!
> 
well i think i can safely say that what they intended to do was get it out
- and now they are taking the time to get the source ordered and cleaned
up.

 
 set oldpath=path
> set path=something without wildcards
> oldprgram
> set path=oldpath
> set oldpath=
> 
> But I would prefer to see a more elegant solution.  Ideas anyone?

set syspath=(path with wildcards)

And automatically, the OS would also make a PATH environment, either with
full expansion, or first match expansion.  Optionally, NOT have the OS do
anything, and you use the commands:

setex path=syspath   \\ blows up every match
setnx path=syspath   \\ only includes first match.

Of course you realize that this would still be a buster, there'll soon
crop up people crying, 'I have a 2k environment and it won't hold my full
path!' thanks to full processing of wildcards, ie syspath=c:*;

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