From: "Greg Donnells" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp References: <001501c0b700$ba2a6f00$173d9ad8 AT cedric> Subject: Re: Autoexe.bat path statements Lines: 119 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_004B_01C0B6D9.A2F1FBE0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 21:18:23 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.164.23.148 X-Complaints-To: abuse AT rr DOT com X-Trace: typhoon.tampabay.rr.com 985727903 24.164.23.148 (Tue, 27 Mar 2001 16:18:23 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 16:18:23 EST Organization: RoadRunner - TampaBay To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_004B_01C0B6D9.A2F1FBE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable try using "set " in front of the variable names (prompt> set = PATH=3Dc:\djgpp\bin;....) "Vesta and Cedric" wrote in message = news:001501c0b700$ba2a6f00$173d9ad8 AT cedric... I have been running DJGPP successfully through RHIDE in a 16 bit = WINDOWS 95 environment for 2 years. The program is running on a Pentium = 100 machine with a 1GIG hard drive partitioned into C and D drives. = Windows is installed on C, DJGPP and RHIDE are installed on D. =20 Having run into severe space problems on C I recently re-formatted the = hard drive (after first doing a back-up using the zip-drive) and = re-loaded all the software. After restoring DJGPP and RHIDE from the zip = drive I attempted to enter the path statements into autoexe.bat which at = this point contained no other statements. I entered ; PATH=3DD:\DJGPP\BIN;%PATH% DJGPP=3DD:/DJGPP/DJGPP.ENV and Windows responded with; = C:\WINDOWS\Desktop>PATH=3DD:\DJGPP\BIN;D:\DJGPP\BIN;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS= \COMMAND =20 C:\WINDOWS\Desktop>DJGPP=3DD:/DJGPP/DJGPP.ENV Bad command or file name =20 Consequently, when I try to use DJGPP it complains that "the = enviroment variable DJGPP is not defined". I have tried using back slashes in the environment statement but to no = avail, what is the problem? =20 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_004B_01C0B6D9.A2F1FBE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

try using = "set " in front=20 of the variable names (prompt> set=20 PATH=3Dc:\djgpp\bin;....)

"Vesta and Cedric" <jorgen AT idirect DOT com> wrote in = message=20 news:001501c0b700$ba2= a6f00$173d9ad8 AT cedric...

I have been running DJGPP = successfully through=20 RHIDE in a 16 bit WINDOWS 95 environment for 2 years. The program is = running=20 on a Pentium 100 machine with a 1GIG hard drive partitioned into C and = D=20 drives. Windows is installed on C, DJGPP and RHIDE are installed on=20 D.

Having run into severe space problems = on C I=20 recently re-formatted the hard drive (after first doing a back-up = using the=20 zip-drive) and re-loaded all the software. After restoring DJGPP and = RHIDE=20 from the zip drive I attempted to enter the path statements into = autoexe.bat=20 which at this point contained no other statements.

I entered ; PATH=3DD:\DJGPP\BIN;%PATH%

&nbs= p; DJGPP=3DD:/DJGPP/DJGPP.ENV

and Windows responded = with;

= =20 = C:\WINDOWS\Desktop>PATH=3DD:\DJGPP\BIN;D:\DJGPP\BIN;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WIND= OWS\COMMAND

C:\WINDOWS\Desktop>DJGPP=3DD:/DJGPP/DJGPP.ENV

Bad command or file name

Consequently, when I try to use DJGPP = it=20 complains that "the enviroment variable DJGPP is not = defined".

I have tried using back slashes in = the=20 environment statement but to no avail, what is the = problem?

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