From: "Pavlos" <trash24379 AT usa DOT net>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: RHIDE command line limit
Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 14:41:11 +0300
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I *think* that it might be a DOS limit.
Maybe old versions (<7.0) do not support more chars in command line?
Are you running under a DOS prompt or just pure DOS?
I really don't know if this can help, if you want, you can try it.