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24 Assinar DOS, 0872 and Wes
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vas for cangraton purposes.
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retaenco trina el zip However Un, nena varies re preted hs hy dna outa e rca
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Inns: he anitonmen varies are roraly naz dng system sarup by the sytem nt sei serps, an ance inbred bya ther rests nthe
‘sjtor, Ure can. an oe co, avant thm inthe prt sit tho cara hol ey ar sng. a Mieco Windows, ca ronment varie aut vale
Ie stein Vodows Regist eset nthe AUTOELE. A He,
(on Un # se program ven an envanmart chosen by A ear, ult rne wih ferent auonyem ar The nsmiclinkr wl anya coe om
Ioetonespcfedy the antronmentvarales $L0LTERARY PATH and SLO FRELOAD andrun tthe ose’ autor. Wa sah progam de, # wold Be
Insure, because cle cel et 1D un aay cod aa ance misuse uly. For hs ees, Ic unset hese enone vais tsa nse
recess. auc programs ua anset unknown enone vais and check ober or a tem owoEonble vals.
Inger he calecton envionment arabs ntn san anscalve ay where bel th ey and ales ro binge. The retin of chractrn ether
ing ter ameg stan. When dala sucees such ae sts ned bo feprosera ti cormen ose a cle (conan en Un ae Uni sha er samen
“almingted (cron or Windows and 005) et
Syntax ass)
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iis comentonaler envionment varie names be chosen fob in l uppercase. programming cede gana, the hao dsnguich anvonart vies om
‘ta nds f nanos inh code. On Unie aparaing stan, enienment varie names ee case sna, ba ay a6 net on OOS, 0612 en Windows
Unix jos)
Init Uric nd Unbctheconnard:ine shal, an rvronment varie’ va I etoved by ace @ $ sn bsoe te voi name. tnsceeay he name en
‘80 be saounded by brace.
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IF aye reas be apendatothe vale of tho HEHE varbl, 79 might Nps:
sore Sen
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Thocommand env depos all ondronmertvrisbls ard er valine. The command primteny can also be vedo pint sae vale by ang tt variate rare
‘the sale argent ote command
Os, 08/2 and Windows ait)
005,057 and Windows connor such 28 CNN.COM and CD. XE a raternnt varie tive by Hang @ X sgn bale an ter
1005, 0872 ana Windows corimanting tarot ae wel a th Pup ower cae inet tng for entrant ate mares
The areronment arable nanos HEREORIVE contains ihe dive ater oust aing + colon) othe usershare recy whist HOMEPATH conan he fl pa of
the users nae deer wan hat ve.
Sot ca0the hone die and path, he user may pe He
Tha command SET (wine arguments pays a enenan variates and her aes. set cn ao be vad orn af arable whee aro bagn wha KON
rai hg the pei th ee apiece crea
In Windows Powershot wear may ype any othe felling:
UGeveercurpue enw chonedrvafansnonepath
In PowerShot, wpe or over case inet distinguishes fo erzoament variate names.
Te long command dls all enerera vos an th ates:
setcentndteen env:
Assignment: Unix)
“Thacommands env and set canbe used sat ervonant eles and ae cen oro recy otha se
The loning commande cn eo be ud bu ae olen depart ncaa shal
‘Ata inl pines gore how svonentvaribae achive hr fost.
Envormantvaratas alee process in wc thoy wor sat Ito sol pressses we spsaned and he value fan event vate change oe,
‘a ehage wi tbe ssn bye ah
‘nen a nl tees eae tars a he erronment varies an tho vl tm he paler poess, Uy, when a rogram als eotar ogre. ee
crate 3 cl proces by ing than hw cls aut earn needed ad ety the craze aa wih ha progam lo be cal, Thi procedure ee
Ihe caling rogram canal orth onernmentt ha clad ropa
‘Unicel, vaste may be eigned witout te ‘export keyword Vario dined i way ae pled by the set conan bu ee tte ener
‘anaes, a 6 ae stored ny the sto and ar unkrown oa cer processes. The printer command wl Pat play tem. end che ocesos dotnet
The prt stn exprts "we" arvtonment wale o.child preoass thot acting he cet process"?
vertacenaive progrenrane (orgunenes]
‘The persistncs of an enorme vaca be session syste
snset a bulla conmandimplomerid by bob he Soune salami (2h, keh, bash ete andthe C2 amily (eh, het Unc samman ine ae
hal arti enaving tor memory andthe sas grid ervrcment Wiz pamela a ache ulin, bears ecly manu theta of
‘tn ste Rascany hal varios cance unst ne esto uot read-ony vr. he unset coneand Wil sn enor massage and retimanon2e0
Assignment: DOS, OS/2 and Windows. (0)
1008, 0872 and Widows crancin Iara such 2s COMAO.CON and C.XE, tho SET ommend wado BeSanenvlonnor varbls and vaes
sng te allonog araunent|
ser vartasenatue
sn entonment varia ramones i
“The SET conmand without any argument eye al rvioreent ves ong wih vais; SET "O or nore spaces” shows th ina nae. In
(0.648 tis poesbieto arin loca vals that do rtlak aus sing he SETLOCAL cormend
In Poversha, he esgnment flows ataxia Uni:
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+ par :aliofdieypa. en eee pes crmand wou vg apa i
+ FOF (Use) nd UERPOFELE Maoh Wow deter iss tone debs nes
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UsetPorTt fo etan xtgs Veo: USERPROILE sto be ead Mos atl wes cae eee pa ea
documents /Fictars/Somiceds (nie io pogrenmate ppt, AFOKTA (bx raring eepleton ets eared atte lie vse), LEALAPDATA
(ectwcapeestn etn o PEBRNOATA. replete sti has bean rps OS vs) nese
+ Tem (Use pate Wp congue ne enna emdol beng ensl6 9. VIED ib)
+ rst (Unuthe: pete how ne poplin oped te Dour stead erate
+ )azk(Unsitured iat wna users mite fins
+109 seen wre rocsts cn ste ong.
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Contains col sepa ae delves tha he shel searches conmands tha dort cntan slash nl name (carrands wi sashes ae inte
selena oesocte, andthe shal alana axe fe doc). sequent to he OS, 0S? and Widows SPATE val
sone
Contains the easton fh uses hae ea. Aah Be cuentas heme drei can ao be eur ou tough the CAntons getpustd and gets
SHEE i tn used fr conveenc various al zip (and ter ene) Ung th envionment varie ale ives the ka he possi top anata
rec
$0
The vile pit to he cured, aul othe cpt th command pwd when alld wiht pent
sorspuay
Contant ner ete pa that x1 programs shel wo by Stat.
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proce rape ar exec belo sarcng ay ober drectoes,
‘Ssurmpar or $5. paMH
Aarnatves io $L0_LBRARY_PATH ply sed on ler Ur versons
‘sums, $LEAL, $10.
SL is nao set te default cain For example theca visa tA hen he laguageie et (rato) Potginre a Bractionpracionie
uses whare rua! Dieter aspects of eaten ne cooly iil $C -vnates(SLC_CTPE, SL¢COLATE , LELBATE ee) SLELALL cane
ead afte the sa ce fol ape,
se
Refer tina zon. canbe inser ermal, thar pein he tine zane af areferencing ae /uer/share/seneinfs)
‘sonosee
‘Contin clr pre at cf users eb roms pefeencs fr sey rogram th nepal heuer ore URL. The browsers te
airtendesto be stamens om et le, sopong arth ret ne ht socanse. This arangenent lows fr falbackbehaverin tert rseorent, ©
Iran Xt enirment a gapieal awe ach a Frei) ante ured, tina conc anvtermant a lrinaloe rower sutaLp)can bese Ae
token may be pase pay whee te UR shoul be loud: bere ha bese shoul bunched WEN he URL 98 the at gue 77
OS es)
Unde 006. he master envranmatis rove by to pray command posto, which het th pe-envinmertGetnd i CONFIG.5YS non feta
tie canbe configured rough be cOMWID /e:n perme beteen 160 and 22787" be. Lonel envinmen erent hed oid rocate re
tea reve down thes of to conti hoy el. Some comment process (ke 1008) ow fo ine amiimun arcu tee enone space
‘nati slab when auneng secondary nea Uni he conan of enrnmantvarabie eins nehanged yn saps, lena host he")
‘we aoye convened upooreat, wih he excapon of e-envvonmant abies dana vathe COWS. SYS dodo SET under OR DOS 60a ihe
(anon wth SUTTHES=/L. (orale outease nna") ance OR.D0S 7.02 ane ihe)" n pene, S208 7. and ight alo supers lovecat va
ames winds bul rotes no maans fer te usr tne tha. Envtennent variable names contanngiovercase ler fe storedin te enone st ke
oral enérnmant varies, Et reain nie o most DOS soi eee tay ae writanoeipest uppers varices a" Some eanmana pacers
est the marin eng fa varie nae 09 cheaters! Wile pnp yi y the size fhe envionment segment some DOS and Yt Windows
roger! not eapct he conta of enionnentvarabasoexceed 128 characar DR.OOS COWAND. CON sipforseniranment varie upto 25,
4008 von upto 512 caraara! sinco COMUND.COH canbe congo a/:328, 28269 suppert command ies up to 1024 caracars realy Uneer MS-
DOS 70 and higher, enirrmen varies shoul be srpctd fo contain alee 102 harecoe a wl nome versione OR DOS, he vcr passed o
‘ver whch olen do at neadheendramentatarintalaton, canbe snk or rescad trough SEPEIV or THSTAL[AEH)/ LOAOIGH options /2 oo
‘eviormnt, /0{:Loedrive] (subse ve, 69, B:TSR.CO jand JE (oct eveorent aoe Progra) made o mma he ever tect suing
tesdert omer tpn A157
Inbatch mode, ncnasisirt envionment arabe ar placed by # erenth ting,
99P€ (supported since 008 3.3)
‘Th vibe conn a sorcalen delta et of rectesin which aches ie say charged via the APP80 /E command hens ensures ha
tne arscory nares ae conan uperceso. Sono DOS sotware aca expos he names tobe Soren paces a tho rg fh set xee06
‘21M arcs, eters the variates bes rot mood wa the SET cara Lon rane caning paces fae spedl carcass tbe
ted
‘xane2ek (spared sine MS-DOS 60 and PC DOS 6.4, slo supported by ROM-DOS!)
‘Te vrala oleh aot rame fhe any cheen Boot congue aby Be DOS BIOS 20.5¥S, 1SHEI.C2 tote mame dead by he
comosgocing CONFIG. 5¥5esetne MENUTTEN efor lenching the par comme ESET. man pues 0 alow uth spec cases
AUTEBIEC. 247 ander ales pening an the clei opto at hot ine Ths canbe erated under OR-DOS by sing the CONFIG. SYS rece
SET ke SET conFTGet
‘xoDLaMEs (woduced wih 4005, eso supported since MS008 7.)
‘Ths varie conta th uy expand text of he cunt exestng conan in. can be rea by apiabons ott ho usage fa ree ong
onmand ines ance he vatorl metho retire he conmandine aglrents twough he PP (areal Ancona edo 12 characters ano
longraaasle when FCBs get expanded othe feu OTA ued. le 4005 suppor nger command nes, CORUND.COM cl ni suport makina ot
"26 chara a te poet del (ee vere wih /0:228..255 lo spent thao he conma re bull) bu Neverthe a command
line con became nger hough, varia expanson depending on /1:138..2824 to speci the en fh rele) nation tthe conan ine
length bn te PSP, PSP commanding aay Inte by ASCI-13, nd conyand Ines ge han 125 carats wi pis be une by hr 90
-ASCI-T2 insta ot pton 127. he cna ba raed on all scenars "Ta val wl be supeesed or enealcormans veka wih &
preceding symbole m GACOPY... fer Deckard company an more emma te Sze he ereronment when ledngrencecatg TSR. Some
Den vtore Wn Cen uns NOL ony erent comand in acenieg Thane inh caate cna
‘2conSPECS (supported sine 008 20)
“Tie variable conan he i 83 pa othe comma process ply :\CONN.CON or €:\BOS\COWID. COR imu net ona ng Henan, at
uncer 08-D0S may conta te and erect SaESHerGs. Rs Seu bythe pray command proceso part so (play reece the stg fhe
CONFI. oave SHEL 6 tet ho resid orton of fe conmand processor can rea anon orton om ek afer he execton of ager
rogras.The vale can be charged ature treet changes inthe confguraton, which woud requrethe armand rocker ood isa fom or
‘xo0rcr0. (supported since MS-DOS 62 and PC DOS 6.3, lo supported by ROMLDOS)
‘ows ero spect the /Y enc to asia "Yas on aces) tha deta forthe COPY. XCOPY, and HOVE camimands. Adu ot /Y can be overien
by sping he /-Y lh ne command ine. The /¥ etch natu Be conmand|ta replace exsing Hes wibout romana conmaton,
WINGO (supported since MS-DOS 5:0 and PC 008 5.0 so suppered by ROM-008"%)
‘Alon esa ape cstnzed dla pararte forthe SIR commend cng la pectoatons. Pes! delat euch at be okra by owing he
ragevesuith onthe coma. Far expe, # SOIROIOK conahs the anh an canbe overideen by sng SIR /-M ste crn no. Thee
ratte emrormonvaale 429% under DOS Pu" nda ony to define default hee er BIR taughie JC or /® ewtchee unr DR-DOS
ono. cH") DERE Isao repped ne trl $O18.COH/ O18. CON Sucker commands uncer Noval O07 anager
‘nua (supported since MS-D08 70)
‘Ths varie supported by comet to ich he eal for messagesn musing ses.
-BUMGSPECE (supported since MS-008 7.0)
‘Ths varies upped by sme tot eh Be oer messogesn musing ses
mo_SEP& (supported since PC DOS 6.3 and DRDOS 707)
Ts varie con these of hound caparars in massages of arous eonerans. sue by tut hy canbe surety socing SET
a_StP0N oF SET o_s8P=1 under PC'DOS,OF-0OS adtonaly aon fo verde he systems housand-separtor dplayed asin fo, SET Wo.sePe J)
‘soars (2upportd since S20)
‘Ts vibe conan a somclon lad st of rectors in which ib cma ort wl search fr exetto es. Equalot th Un PATH varie
(tutsome DOS ant Widows appelon ao us he so sear da Re seer $0 LIBRARY 37H on Unie sysams) Wi ual eneged athe
PAT (or PATH uno HS-O0S 60) command, ich ko onus ta ha drei rare are converts ino uppercase Some OOS etre acy expect
themes tobe sored in dpoereate ee the gh oe loaned 123 career rte he vie shoul baer rat be mee a the SET
emma Long nares caning spaces ether spec cher mu nt be und") By ela the cured rinsed fee at oe
comeard-ne process tk 4005 alow *.*fereurent drecr"108e used oI as wel node to overié his sarch rr sre DOS programs are
2eH0/OTE (uppored since DOS 2.0)
Ts vibe conan §okeizd sting deting te dpey he prot Missy changed via the PROT command
sean (and eT)
That varios conn he patho th recy wher fpoary ls sha be od. Operating ete ak pial ony ute TEN, wheres hid
rowan lo use STHPL.Typlealy TENAN lhae tecodance over SR.
The 07-008 family support uber of ston sandal emicament vrs dg
‘Tie vale contains an apna massoge ply by sme varios Greudng DRDOS 3.41) COMBND. COM at a tart of secondary het!
‘se varie contane ne retry" athauteaing”\ hereto seach for IKE and C+ contortion es (hati, DR.OOS agleaton specie Ha ke
TASOTGR.INE, TASOUA.INT, VINUOE.THT, FASTRAK. CFS oe, ls8 spec las Ihe COLORS. of ode Ms a OR95.2NF , mO0S.1U2
open. INE oF 095.1) 8 a8 by ho INSTALL and SETUP conmands ans various OR-OOS programs ho OISKCPTODSE0OK, EDIT. BK
‘Ths vile openly non aemtie path othe cara proces king recdence ov he ps dain the NCRSPECR. rable, pony nelaing
rene recy posworse. Almaty canhol a spdl vauoer~ hor" 1 "nore ariooe to usage otto MCANSPECS vrai eren in eanaros
whetetbe ACORSPECK wale may pin the wen canmandine process fo example, whe unig some ven he OR-DOS 5 earner
‘ori oparatng system
‘Seting i virale oon “er” woe sre verso he R-DOS, +5 command ewan ign pein este inn faving @
swe 1
‘pesto to username vad bythe Fatsack command FOX and (user. confgwaton es und Noval O05 7!"
‘mone
‘Ths vibe ay corto he hone doctor unr DR-DOS tnudng OR OOS 5.0 ae 8.0) 1
Income vse of OF-DOS earMM.CO i varie rast ting oayed by he SE token ote FEENPT conand™ can bo ue, or exam, to
Insone verses f OF-DOS CaHMMD.COM is varie fresh username splayed by the $U then othe PROMPT command 8 Setup byt. eg septs
for Nova Nec" phe at raed preuso-varide $.CoD, NES
sv00s ext
“Tis vale can tk he vloe "Oo" FF" under Nuts DOS. enable, Me operat este pera appcatons a calouto seonday cols wit he
10s Progra oa (OPA reedin order tohave maxim OOS meerysvlabeorsacondaryappkaton need of ung hin th se domain a nde
os
‘This valbie can bo eo dt the character sepayed by some conmands in mestapes fr "Nein [YH] umes, Derby rare he cent sytem dau
(tpoaly" "in Engen verzane of OR-008),HRconans ing, on he et tara upprcaad wba aan. Sone carina suport a coma ine
rarer t automaticaly assume "Yes on ques, thay supressing sich roms. I howeie He parameter yn 1 Used pe the "Yes
characte (herby over ty SNMCHERE sting) qe aero spetezad Saenz the relied COMFIG.SYS drethe NOCH andthe evtonment
‘otrg ha vara to" Ono” 2“ wi ab taut bape ies by se DR-OOS comer n cain tuations such oer he ue ofthe celatin ot
‘ome operaton hat wor ereton i requred or wren 8 wrong key war presod. Conmandine opens to rectal enable ceain oops willow his
seta.
‘Ts vate contans ne name of tho open systam in oor 6 aeongush baleen erent DOS els operat aystans of Daal Resoach-angn natch
eb ae apteatons "Known ves inde D052LUS “(005 Pus 128 DOS amu)" c2a0s 4.1 “(DOS Plus 12 CPM enlaon.” ORS (DR DOS
83148, OR DOS Panther, OR 00S stark, OR-00S 7022" 05), "2005 "(E2005 3.4,“ PALIODS “end etNare PHOS" PabTOOS 10," MOOS *
(Wow D05 7), “ees? (Now 005 7 Bete)“ Pets “(Care OpenDOS 701, Cale OR-OpenDOS 7.02)" es” ConsrertDOS, Coreen DOS
a," €Pe0s*(Concurort PC DOS," consBH6 "(Concent DOS 38), "DRBOS "(OR Mar DOS)" os "(CI Mutuse DOS)” mSHOOS "(IS
ts 008),"RALS2 "(REALS)" MS-OOS.NTERSV leks ora vale ot pados "a ll Soe aco he entcay named enierment vant
088 In intaccedn the Wena NT lary.
In some verso of OR-DOS te varie defines be cemmandexacied by He Sx keno Re FRONT command ble CEEKIO.t elas he portale
ren or eta program expan!
‘Ts vate detos ne Sicha tobe use fer argue pasng by sme DR-OOS conmands. dened, ovarns tosis cunt Sather sting. The
nt ezepte carctare ee / “(00S se), " "(Unity en” [ “(CP se) See aio he ellos CNFIE.SYS ecve SAZTOAR (a sole gytams
‘SiChar eating) and he 3% sytem infomation vain some sun fDR-DOS coMWHD.CON fo reieve the rar eating fr potable Etcibe).
‘Th varie eps th ecto, where theindows SYSTEN.TH la be way the OR.OOS TASHRGR muBtskariecaladovriing he dle recast to
‘Tis vale contains everson fhe operating system ede to singuh bleedin esos oDR-DOS ha batch nbs an the say tthe VER
command!” Wis alo uses fhe $V foen othe FADNPT command andes the aie eine bythe aster imematon variable 205 VERSION Koon
values includ” 1.8" PaD0S 10),"2.2” (00S Ps #2 in DOS emulation,” 2.8” (Cane! OS 38620, 3.87 (Cencrent DOS 39830)" 3.31 7(OR
10s 3.313,"3.32 “(OR DOS 332," 3.23" (ORDOS 330.” 3.24“ (ORDOS 3.34),"3.35 “(OR DOS 3.35, "3.48 (ORDO 340," 3.41" (ORDOS 3.41
£2008 3.1," 3.42 (OR DOS 3.417), “4.2 *(Concurent PC DOS 41." 5.8 (ORDOS 50, DR Muss 00 50). "§.1 (Novo DR Mulser 008 5.1),
1 6.0°(0R Consort 005 YA 60, OR 005 6.0,” £.2 “(OR Concuret DOS XM 62,7 "(NovllD0S 7, Calera OpenD0S 7.01, OR DOS 7.2:705),"7.00~
(c1muoser 008 7.00, "7,67 *(OR-DOS 7.07," 7.1* (tS Muse 00S 7:1," 7.24 (CCahoser OOS 7.21/21" 7.22 (CCI Mumuser DOS 7.22)
webs
‘Ths varie can bo oo dete te character copays by come conmands in meesopes fr "Ys" n [YN] quae, hry veri th cunt jam
sau peal" in Engh versions of DR-O0S) itor ting on theft charactr, ppacscd, il akon, Sora conmands al suppor
ommend ne prsmele /¥ to sulomatay secure Ye" on quate. heey supeesing uch prompt. hve, the farce /Yey feud i apety the
"Yee cheater hereby evading any SVESCGE sang) quae af a cupprenzed See othe ele CONFIG. SYS recive YESCAAR and he acre
seas
“Tne varie dens ne contr! aquanc tobe santo the conse rverto earth srsannen the CLs commana sued, merbyoveidng te ners
‘teat ¢-[23 “under OR.D0S," "under 00S Pi 1.20n Ate machine! | ewe at under Concurer DOS, Mubuter DOS, end REAL or 152
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