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0 pointspan695y ago0 comments

OK, so I tried this, but ECHO %PATH% just outputs %PATH%. I'm running DOS 6.22 on a 286. Same thing happens for any other variable defined in AUTOEXEC...

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morsch5y ago

"In DOS I believe that %var% expansion only works in batch files, not at the command line directly."[1] That worked for me in an emulator.[2]

[1] https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28021862/echo-variable-s...

[2] https://jamesfriend.com.au/pce-js/ibmpc-games/

pan69OP5y ago

Confirmed. It doesn't work directly from the prompt, only within a batch file. I think might work on a DOS 7 prompt (Win95 >) though, not sure, I don't have a Windows machine hooked up atm. Maybe that's where my memory is from...

Thanks!

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