From: stern@mble.philips.be
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Setting the path
Date: 16 Apr 92 12:44:30 GMT
Organization: MBLE , Brussels, Belgium

In article <1992Apr15.195419.4850@uwm.edu>, tanith@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Michael D Kretzer) writes:
> From article <sridhar.703345176@fir.cs.scarolina.edu>, by sridhar@cs.scarolina.edu (M. A. Sridhar):
>> mcover@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Mark Coverdill) writes:
>>>Being a novice to OS/2, having very little documentation and little
>>>time to wade through the help system I thought I would ask some of those
>>>new user FAQ's :-).
>> 
>>>I realize the path gets setup in the autoexec.os2 file but how I can I get
>>>more than the paltry 137 characters?
>> 
>> I don't know the answer to this one, but I'd sure like to know!
> 
> Using the APPEND command will get you 137 more...(this works for real
> DOS also)...any more than that, I don't know what to do...

If you really need more than that try XSET 2.12, this will give you
(in a very much cleaner way) a way of extending your path to anything you
want (OK, there's a built-in limit of 1000).
XSET is designed for DOS (in fact it does very much more than extending
the path), I don't know if it will help you in OS/2 environment.

XSET is available at SIMTEL20 PD1:<MSDOS.BATUTL>XSET212.ZIP
               or at GARBO.UWASA.FI:/PC/BATCHUTIL/XSET212.ZIP


Here is a description of XSET:

	XSET allows you to put EVERYTHING you want in a variable of
 the current environment and use it as if you gave it the value with
 the standard DOS command 'SET'. You will be able to write very efficient
 batch files including string manipulation, calculation,...

	XSET is the more powerful environment variable manipulation
 program you never saw. It also has the easiest and most intuitive
 user interface it is possible to write (very closed to the DOS 'SET'
 command).


 XSET is fully compatible with MS-DOS 5.0, DR-DOS 6.0, NDOS & 4DOS 4.0.


 XSET has five major features:
 ============================

  - XSET permits to catch the output of any command (internal or external)
    or program and put it into an environment variable.

  - XSET has several built-in commands to modify the output of a program
    or a string given on the command-line (extract a part of a string,...)

  - XSET has a built-in full floating-point calculation functionalitie:
                        -------------------------------

    You can make incremental loops, input a calculation string and
    output a number,...

  - XSET can manage variable contents of more than 128 characters
    (your path can now be as long as you want)

  - XSET has some other built-in commands to give you access to some
    system datas (date, time, ...)

  More than 40 commands to let you do all what you need.
                                          


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