From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: help me
Date: Sun, 06 Jul 1997 03:19:10 -0700
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Todd Smith wrote:

> every time I restart my computer and type "set" in the ms-dos window my
> two djgpp lines have disappeared.
> 
> set DJGPP=C:\DJGPP\DJGPP.ENV
> set PATH=C:\DJGPP\BIN;%PATH%
> 
> it says to put them in the autoexec.bat file but I just type them at the
> dos prompt, am i doing it wrong?

Without specific data, it's hard to say, but best guess is that there's
something in your autoexec.bat that is halting the execution before it
gets to the lines you've added.  A common occurrence is when calls to
other batch files are included in autoexec.bat; DOS is too stupid to know
it's wiser to spawn (e.g., keep executing the original batch file when
you're finished) than not.

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