Hi. All of the environment variables that you use above are used in FreeDOS apps, so depending on what you want out of FreeDOS you _do_ need those set lines. DOSDIR is used for fdpkg to install new packages, NLSDIR is used by kittenized apps to locate translated messages, HELPPATH is used by HELP to locate its help files, PATH is used to find utilities not in the current directory (obvious), TEMP and TMP are used by a variety of apps FreeDOS and non-FreeDOS to make temporary files, and DIRCMD is used by FreeCOM to specify options to use for DIR every time it is run. TMPPATH could even be in there as well, because unix programs ported to DOS use this instead of TEMP or TMP to create temporary files.
As for the PATH thing, in MSDOS SET PATH worked fine, but there was also a PATH command which would just have the syntax of "PATH C:\FDOS\BIN;...". That just sets the environment variable PATH exactly the same way as SET though. On 11/25/06, Lester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In my Fdauto.bat I've always had SET command everywhere. Someone has just > pointed out that I could probably skip SET in most (all?) of the lines. > I have even come across a notion that in ms-dos "set was used to set > other environment variables/parameters but not the path". > > Tnx, Lester > > ---------- > Fdauto.bat > > @ECHO OFF > PROMPT $P$G > SET DOSDIR=D:\FDOS > SET NLSDIR=%DOSDIR%\NLS > SET HELPPATH=%DOSDIR%\HELP > SET PATH=%DOSDIR%\BIN > SET TEMP=E:\TEMP > SET TMP=E:\TEMP > SET DIRCMD=/P /OG /A > SRDISK.EXE 8192 > SHCDX33C /D:?CDRCACH$ /V /~+ /Q+ > CTMOUSE.EXE > ECHO CuteMouse Driver Loaded > FREE.EXE > ---------- > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > -- Fall is my favorite season in Los Angeles, watching the birds change color and fall from the trees. David Letterman (1947 - ) See ya ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
