At 04:18 AM 2/4/2006 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >The original problem was that, after startup, the PATH contains duplicate >pathnames. After debugging the startup sequence >(IO.SYS->MSDOS.SYS->COMMAND.COM->CONFIG.SYS->AUTOEXEC.BAT), the problem >seemed to originate with IO.SYS, which is a hard module to modify. So I
The path variable is set solely, and exclusively, in autoexec.bat. There should be a line in there that says PATH=C:\.... That and that alone will be the path value in any command prompt windows u open under 98 and indeed for all of Windows unless it is later modified by the starting shortcut that launches the command prompt. Do Start->Run->command.exe. Then type path at the prompt. The value returned should be identical to whatever was specified in autoexec.bat. io.sys, msdos.sys, and config.sys have nothing to do with the path. If ur command prompt shortcut has a different path than that, then it's the shortcut's fault. Keep in mind that in autoexec.bat there can be multiple cumulative path= statements. -- REMEMBER THE WORLD TRADE CENTER ---=< WTC 911 >=-- "...ne cede malis" 00000100 _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
