On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 12:30:36PM -0500, Ron Newman wrote: > Unix folks are used to these limitations on how you can use > environment variables. Do things work the same way in Windows?
It's quite some years since I last used Doze, but I think it works the same way. Except that there's ways around it. I once wrote a DOS program - in C - which altered its parent shell's environment by delving around in the PSP. DOS batch files (.bat files) are treated like sourced scripts IIRC. -- Grand Inquisitor Reverend David Cantrell | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david Liver with fava beans and a nice chianti is less appealing if the donor has cirrhosis -- after Coyu, in soc.history.what-if _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm