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Date:	Sun, 14 Mar 2004 12:58:03 PST8
From:	"J. R. Fox" <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Win 3.1 TCPIP HELP

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Steven Levine wrote:

> >(And now I'd like to
> >know if there is something for adding on to PATH on the fly, without the
> >need to reboot,
>
> PATH is easy. Edit it and the new value will be used. The same is true
> for all the path-live environment variables. LIBPATH is different. I'm
> sure there were valid technical reasons for this when the decisions that
> resulting in this behavior were made.

Just want to see if I've got this right: Capture the existing PATH to a temp
file, bring it into your editor of choice, tack some new item on at the end,
then re-issue the edited version from an OS/2 command prompt, and voila,
you have an altered Path until the next reboot ?

> Correct. BEGINLIBPATH exists as a partial workaround to the limitations
> of the LIBPATH implementation.

Guess I need some remedial instruction, because after all this time I still have
pause trying to keep straight the differences between PATH, DPATH, LIBPATH,
and any other Paths I may have lost track of. (This is but one example.)

[Jeffrey, can we do a timeshare on that dunce cap ?]

Jordan

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