From:	mteagard AT indiana DOT edu (Mark Alan Teagarden)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Please help an autoexec beginner
Date:	22 Mar 1998 03:32:39 GMT
Organization:	Indiana University, Bloomington
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To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Hi.

I am installing djgpp on my PC and I had some basic, probably stupid 
sounding questions about setting up autoexec.bat
First of all, I am using Win95.  My computer boots off the c drive, and 
does not list an autoexec.bat in the root directory.  My brother, who is 
fairly knowledgeable about these things, told me just to create my own, 
so here are my questions:

1) is autoexec case-sensitive?  I always see PATH in caps and everything 
else lower case, does this make a difference?  For example, the actual 
directory name is Djgpp - do I need to enter it exactly this way in 
autoexec, or do I put it in all caps?


2) I am not sure what all has to go into an autoexec file.  My brother 
told me that this is all I need:

set PATH=c:\WINDOWS;c:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;c:\DJGPP\BIN;%PATH%
set DJGPP=c:\DJGPP\DJGPP.ENV

Is this correct?  Do I need to include some sort of command to tell the 
computer to start windows, or does it do that automatically?

I hope I'm not wasting your time with entry-level questions.  These 
concerns were not addressed by the FAQ, so I thought I'd try here.

Thanks in advance,
Mark

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