Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 08:06:43 +0530
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From: Prashant TR <tr AT eth DOT net>
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CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Subject: Re: Compiling from other directories
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> 	If I try to run make on a directory other than \djgpp\bin eg.
> \allegrosource ,  I get a 'bad command or file name' error. I have put
> djgpp in my path and set the environment variable, and everything
> works just fine within \djgpp\bin. I thought that setting the PATH
> variable in DOS makes it search for a file in each of the named
> directories in order. Is this incorrect?

Could you post the contents of autoexec.bat. That would clear up
things. Generally you should have the lines

SET DJGPP=C:\DJGPP\DJGPP.ENV
PATH C:\DJGPP\BIN;%PATH%

in autoexec.bat.

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