Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 17:07:10 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Mark Habersack <grendel AT ananke DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com, Charles Sandmann <sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu>
Subject: Re: 'Cannot open'
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On Thu, 26 Sep 1996, Mark Habersack wrote:

> When trying to run a DJGPP v2 program from a clean system booted from floppy
> I have received the following error:
> 
> 'SPEC=A:\COMMAND.COM: cannot open'

Your PATH is empty (or garbled).  Set it to any directory you like and it
will work.  Charles Sandmann promised to correct this for the next DJGPP
release (it's a bug in the stub). 

(Funny, this problem: a year has passed with nobody reporting it, and 
just for the last fortnight 4 reports, including 1 from myself.)