From:	"A. Sinan Unur" <sinan DOT unur AT cornell DOT edu>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Please help an autoexec beginner
Date:	Sun, 22 Mar 1998 06:45:58 -0500
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QBallLives wrote:
> No autoexec.bat on your computer at all??.... I don't know... I've 
> never encountered this....
> 
> The safest bet is to use win95's find... and look for autoexec.bat.... 
> it might be hidden in dos mode....

it is perfectly normal for there to be no autoexec.bat on a computer
which only had win95.

in any case, the advice was correct, just create one.


> >1) is autoexec case-sensitive?  I always see PATH in caps and 
> > everything else lower case, does this make a difference?  For 
> > example, the actual directory name is Djgpp - do I need to enter it 
> > exactly this way in autoexec, or do I put it in all caps?

dos is not case sensitive (win95 preserves the case information, but
does not use it.) DJ _is_ case sensitive, though. the correct name of
the package is either djgpp or DJGPP ... no mixed case.

> >2) I am not sure what all has to go into an autoexec file.  My 
> > brother told me that this is all I need:
> >
> >set PATH=c:\WINDOWS;c:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;c:\DJGPP\BIN;%PATH%
> >set DJGPP=c:\DJGPP\DJGPP.ENV

in fact the following should work

set PATH=c:\djgpp;%PATH%
set DJGPP=c:\DJGPP\DJGPP.ENV

but what you did is fine too.

> >I hope I'm not wasting your time with entry-level questions.  These
> >concerns were not addressed by the FAQ, so I thought I'd try here.

i will point out, since i always do, that this question is off-topic.
there are quite a few dos info sites on the net. try searching yahoo.
the only reason i responded was because you were given inaccurate
information.

OTOH, why are you asking these? i mean, if you actually did add those
lines to your autoeec, and unzipped djgpp preserving the directory
structure, everyhting should be up and running, are you having problems?

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