On 4/14/07, Eric Auer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Lee, > > actually your PATH -can- be very long, but the length > of each line in your autoexec is limited. You could do sth like > > set path=C:\fdos\root\base > set path=%path%;C:\fdos\root\drv\usb > set path=%path%;c:\fdos\root\drv\ansi > > You would also have to tell command.com to reserve lots of > space for env vars (E option in config sys SHELL... line). > > Plus of course the long path will also make searching for > binaries very slow. Remember that BASH stores a hashtable > of all binary paths found so far (sometimes forcing you to > type "rehash" when you rename executables), while command.com > just looks at all directories in the path each time. > > A more efficient way would be to put the binaries in > fewer directories and/or put batch files there (or > "alias" definitions in autoexec) to point to where > you have your binaries now. > > Eric > > PS: I remastered fdbasecd to make a new 8 MB ISO which now > boots even on my PC. If anybody wants a copy, let me know. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
It almost worked but I got a lot of this message; "Commandline longer than 125 characters" I looked at some of the options for command.com such as /U and /L (/E worked) but I got an error saying "Not implemented yet" x.x ljones ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
