It is too long, Rbase truncates long paths for whatever reason. To alieviate this problem for Rbase DOS do this.
Edit c:\winnt\system32\autoexec.nt. change the line (or add) SET PATH = ? to the min path requirements you need to run rbase (exe path, code path, db path, etc). This file is loaded as a 'startup' for DOS shells under NT. Eric > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On > Behalf Of Ben Petersen > Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 3:20 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Off subject NT question > > Ian, > > I would think this would be simple, but beats me. From a Dos box > typing "path" yields a string wrapped to fill 4 lines, largely > supporting Visual Studio. > > If, from within the _same_ Dos box, I start qEdit and shell to a Dos > prompt and type path I get something different... from just a few > characters to a 1+ line string of "short" directory names that > resembles the actual path, but is not complete. > > Using envval, Rbase puts the entire path into a variable, but can't > find a program in the path using zip. I'm pretty certain it has > something to do with the OS... as Eric said, maybe the path is just > to long... > > thanks, > > Ben Petersen > > > On 4 Dec 2001, at 15:11, Ian Chivers wrote: > > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Priority: NORMAL > > X-Mailer: Execmail for Win32 5.1.1 Build (10) > > MIME-Version: 1.0 > > Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > On Mon, 3 Dec 2001 15:18:20 -0000 Ben Petersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > Thanks Eric, > > > > > > I did install VC++. How would I go about correcting the path? > > > > This is from a windows 95 machine with developer studio > > professional installed. > > > > dos box and type path > > > > PATH=Y:.;Z:.;C:\MKS\MKSNT;C:\NOVELL\CLIENT32; > > C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND; > > C:\RBTI\RBWIN65\RSTRUC;C:\UT; > > D:\PROGRAM;C:\WIN32APP\SALFORD; > > D:\UNIRAS\7V1\BIN;D:\UNIRAS\7V1\BIN\WIN95 > > > > i've broken the line a few times. > > > > it looks like it may be operating system specific. > > i'll check windows 98 and win 2000 pro later. > > > > > > > > Ben Petersen > > > > > > > > > On 3 Dec 2001, at 16:55, Eric Peterson wrote: > > > > > > > If you installed VC++ and had it add paths, the path statements are > > > > probably too long. Then in Rbase your path is all truncated. > > > > > > > > Eric > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-rbase- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > On > > > > > Behalf Of Ben Petersen > > > > > Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 8:44 AM > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Subject: Off subject NT question > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > > > I was wondering if anyone has experienced this and might have a > > > > > suggestion. > > > > > > > > > > Using NT server w/ sp5. I recently installed several components of > > > > > Visual Studio. Now using Rbase's zip command, it can't find > > > > > programs in the system path. This isn't limited to RBase. I don't > > > > > know for certain that VS did this, but it was the only major > change > > > > > to the system at about the time the problem occurred. > > > > > > > > > > Shelling out of a simple text editor and using the set command > > > > > returns the path as: > > > > > path=c:\winnt\s, but from the same Dos box without the shell, I > get > > > > > the full path. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > Ben Petersen > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Ian > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Home page > > > > http://www.kcl.ac.uk/kis/support/cit//fortran/ > > > > comp-fortran-90 home page > > > > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/comp-fortran-90.html > > > >
