Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 08:58:37 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Nissim Chudnoff <nchudnof AT binx DOT mbhs DOT edu>
Cc: DJGPP Questions <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: more spawnl(
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On Mon, 12 Aug 1996, Nissim Chudnoff wrote:

> On Sun, 4 Aug 1996, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> Is the environment necessary? Also, is there anything that MUST go in it?
> >      char *environ[] = {
> >        "PATH=c:\\dos;c:\\djgpp;c:\\usr\\local\\bin",
> >        "DJGPP=c:/djgpp",
> >        0
> >      };

You should only set the environment if you have a reason.  Otherwise, use 
the functions that pass the default environment (those which don't have 
an `e' at the end of their name).