Christof Lange wrote:
>
> Space for environment variables must obviously allocated on the
> command line. Norton Commander, Xtree and others emulate a
> command line, but it is not a commandline. Try from Xtree
> the command:
>
> set lsppp=XXXXX
>
> then type:
>
> set
>
> Does your computer remember what you have just told him?It IS a commandline, but in
>a shell that is a "child" of DOS.
As long as you remain in the shell (at that level), the environment will
have what you just put in.
When you exit, you return to the parent, and there is no reverse transfer
of information.
Try this:
Type command.
Type set myname=Christof
Type set.
See? It is there.
Now type exit.
Type set. <G>
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