Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2001 23:56:04 +0200
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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> From: "Edward F. Sowell" <sowelled AT home DOT com>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2001 16:05:40 GMT
> 
> So, the CMDLINE environment variable approach, once available, will
> solve the problem without resorting to a response file?

As long as your command line is no longer than 1KB, yes.  Environment
variables are limited to 1KB on Windows 9X, that's a static limit some
wise guy put into Windows.