From: eplmst AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se (Martin Stromberg)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: CWSDPMI - CWSPARAM
Date: 3 Nov 1999 09:14:13 GMT
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Waldermar said:
> My %PATH% looks like '.;c:\djgpp\bin'

Charles Sandmann (sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu) wrote:
: You are right.  Some logic behind this:
:  1) If DPMI is there already, you don't have a choice.
:  2) If there is one in the same directory, it may have custom parameters,
:     be shipped with the application and you don't want to modify the path,
:     and is the fastest place to find it (the directory should still be
:     in a DOS buffer, no searching needed).  Convenient for the DJGPP
:     distribution also.
:  3 & 4) Path then local directory was easier to code, and sort of a unix
:     compromise (which doesn't search . by default).  You can argue it 
:     should be the other way I guess, but it's not ...

But as his path started with . shouldn't the selected CWSDPMI be the
changed one?


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							MartinS