Well, MSDOS.SYS (which some wierd DOS programs actually look for) could be an
INI file repository of sorts that could store this information. FreeCOM could
parse it as a 'default' environment ahead of AUTOEXEC.BAT and FDAUTO.BAT. So an
F5 bootup would give you a basic DOS path and a SYSTEMROOT variable.
-T
> Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 06:37:59 +0300> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:
> freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS
> directory standard (1.1?)> > Hi!> > 8-Янв-2008 00:05 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> (Antony Gordon) wrote to> <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>:> > AG> In
> FreeDOS 1.1 (or whatever) once the directories are finalized, a system> AG>
> variable can be declared in the OS (at the master environment level) like in>
> AG> Windows NT/2000/XP called SYSTEMROOT.> > 1. In MS-DOS, all variables are
> defined by (replaceable) shell, not by OS> itself.> > 2. To declare variable,
> which points somewhere, OS/shell should know where> this "somewhere" resides.
> Unless you explicitly specify this placement,> OS/shell will NOT know this
> information. But how this "specify" will> differ from non-OS, manual set in
> some batch file (autoexec.bat or some> other)?> > AG> On my Windows machine
> it's C:\WINDOWS.> AG> For FreeDOS it can be C:\FDOS.> > What happen, if user
> installs FreeDOS into other directory? BTW, in> Win9x, paths are specified in
> the MSDOS.SYS.> >
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