From: Damian Yerrick Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Problem with setting variable for djgpp Organization: Pin Eight Software http://pineight.8m.com/ Message-ID: References: <200004142226 DOT PAA28457 AT snipe DOT prod DOT itd DOT earthlink DOT net> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.7/32.534 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 30 X-Trace: /ba9QdnFYv7YOyRvQ38MoP75qFHHWrpCLp2M3WXdQpNw5bdUT1oMMQcmQK2fjCBmjIq/3drAmxic!sWURNq8Aatzd3WwPuYdyZu5h6yY+pz1IHuO2X6E/o43txykuW9qWpE/AI3zHUwxeZGtnHAQ2RM2z!gXvKml4= X-Complaints-To: abuse AT gte DOT net X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 01:03:57 GMT Distribution: world Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 01:03:57 GMT To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com On Fri, 14 Apr 2000 15:24:23 +0800, jrunner AT earthlink DOT net wrote: >where should i put that line at i see > >Autoexec.~bk >Autoexec.001 >Autoexec.002 >Autoexec.bak >Autoexec batch file >Autoexec.dos >Autoexec.fx_ >Autoexec.nav >Autoexec.old >Autoexec.syd Most of those are backups of autoexec.bat, created when you installed various programs. Try this from the `command' prompt: C:\BLAH\BLAH\BLAH>cd \ C:\>copy autoexec.bat execauto.bat C:\>del autoexec.* C:\>ren execauto.bat autoexec.bat This will purge all the backups. -- Damian Yerrick "I refuse to listen to those who refuse to listen to reason." See the whole sig: http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~yerricde/sig.html This is McAfee VirusScan. Add these two lines to your signature to prevent the spread of signature viruses. http://www.mcafee.com/