Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/05/09/13:35:18
At 08:35 5/8/1998 -0400, Dmitri Ivanenko wrote:
>> nebo wrote:
>> >
>> > Does anyone know how to increase the environment space for DOS.
>> > With my sound card and a few other utils, I had to create
>> > a separate batch file with selective environment settings
>> > just to get access to all the needed directories.
>> > and now with 2.8.0, the directory tree is even longer.
>>
>> shell=c:\command.com /p /e:2048 in config.sys
>
>Are there any other figures that could be used other than 2048, like 4096
>or so to have even more env. space?
Yes, AFAIK you can go up to around 32768. I don't think it has to be a
multiple of anything in particular. Note that this has somewhat of a memory
footprint, especially if you actually use the space. Set what you need, but
don't go overboard.
Nate Eldredge
nate AT cartsys DOT com
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