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Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 20:26:21 +0100
From: Manuel Collado <m DOT collado AT aaron DOT ls DOT fi DOT upm DOT es>
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Subject: Re: gawk 3.1.1 DJGPP v2.04 on Windows 2000 Pro problem using system()function
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>>Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 15:37:12 +0100
>>From: Manuel Collado <m DOT collado AT aaron DOT ls DOT fi DOT upm DOT es>
>>
>>Adding the following line to DJGPP.ENV:
>>
>>[gawk]
>>...
>>COMSPEC=C:/WINNT/system32/cmd.exe
>>
>>gives the expected result
> 
> 
> Please don't advise users to edit their DJGPP.ENV file.  They can
> easily break their entire DJGPP installation by careless editing of
> this criptic file.

I didn't try to give any advise, only to show that entries in DJGPP.ENV 
have a different effect than regular SET commands to set environment 
variables.

Sorry for the inconvenience. I'll try to be more cautious.
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