Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 15:00:48 EDT
From: (Michael Sanders) <sanders AT server DOT physics DOT lsa DOT umich DOT edu.>
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: gcc environment variables

On Thu, 27 Aug 92 11:39:05 CDT,
  George Jetson writes:

>You wrote:
>>Is it possible to set the gcc configuration via a data file rather
>>than environment variables.  You could place it in the same directory
>>as gcc.exe (perhaps calling it GCC.CFG).  GCC.CFG would have all
>>the options set using environment variables.  The reason this
>>is important is that I often run out of environment space because
>>of the number of environment variables gcc and other programs
>>define in the autoexec.bat file.  One could be allowed to override
>>the gcc.cfg using the environment variable approach.  Does this
>>seem reasonable to you?
>
A nice solution is to use 4dos (rather than command.com). Its
setlocal, endlocal commands permit environment variables to
exist during the operation of a batch file, without cluttering
the master environment.

Michael Sanders
Randall Laboratory
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1120