Changing the PATH from the command line

Raymond Lillard · Post by **Raymond Lillard** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 7:17 pm

I am not very experienced with the MSDOS command line
and even less so with wine.

I am working on a realtime embedded C project and must,
for the time being, use DOS command line tools. Since
my work environment for decades has been Unix and Unix-like,
I am trying to get the tool set to run under Wine on Hardy.

I have solved several problems, but now I need to reset
the path. I have a .bat file which should do this and
I have tried typing

path=;

directly into an instance of a wine command interpreter
with no result.

I have looked at the FAQ and googled a good bit. I found
a document where someone said I can't do this and must
change the PATH in the through the registry. That reference
was several years old so I'm hoping it was either wrong
or out of date.

I can't believe the command line has been so lobotomized !!

Ray

Paul Romanyszyn · Post by **Paul Romanyszyn** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 7:31 pm

Raymond Lillard wrote:

I am not very experienced with the MSDOS command line
and even less so with wine.

I am working on a realtime embedded C project and must,
for the time being, use DOS command line tools. Since
my work environment for decades has been Unix and Unix-like,
I am trying to get the tool set to run under Wine on Hardy.

I have solved several problems, but now I need to reset
the path. I have a .bat file which should do this and
I have tried typing

path=;

directly into an instance of a wine command interpreter
with no result.

I have looked at the FAQ and googled a good bit. I found
a document where someone said I can't do this and must
change the PATH in the through the registry. That reference
was several years old so I'm hoping it was either wrong
or out of date.

I can't believe the command line has been so lobotomized !!

Ray

You can use wine cmd to get to a c:> or z:> depending on what directory.
wineconsole is also an option. At that point you and run your
c:\autoexec.bat and set the environment. But for Dos based not needing
window can be run on dosbox or dosemu or some others. If you need
protected mode or the above don't work with your tool set use one of the
virtual machines and install msdos or freedos. I have been using Qemu
for a while but many other are around. Search your distributions package
manager for them.
Paul R.

Vincent Povirk · Post by **Vincent Povirk** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 7:32 pm

A .bat file should work for setting the path. You just need to use the set
command. Try running "wine cmd" and typing "help set". On Wed, Jul 1, 2009
at 7:17 PM, Raymond Lillard wrote: > I am not very experienced with the
MSDOS command line > and even less so with wine. > > I am working on a
realtime embedded C project and must, > for the time being, use DOS command
line tools. Since > my work environment for decades has been Unix and
Unix-like, > I am trying to get the tool set to run under Wine on Hardy. > >
I have solved several problems, but now I need to reset > the path. I have
a .bat file which should do this and > I have tried typing > > path=;

directly into an instance of a wine command interpreter > with no

result. > > I have looked at the FAQ and googled a good bit. I found > a
document where someone said I can't do this and must > change the PATH in
the through the registry. That reference > was several years old so I'm
hoping it was either wrong > or out of date. > > I can't believe the command
line has been so lobotomized !! > > Ray > > > > -- Vincent Povirk
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Raymond Lillard · Post by **Raymond Lillard** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 7:50 pm

Paul Romanyszyn wrote:

Raymond Lillard wrote:
I am not very experienced with the MSDOS command line
and even less so with wine.

I am working on a realtime embedded C project and must,
for the time being, use DOS command line tools. Since
my work environment for decades has been Unix and Unix-like,
I am trying to get the tool set to run under Wine on Hardy.

I have solved several problems, but now I need to reset
the path. I have a .bat file which should do this and
I have tried typing

path=;

directly into an instance of a wine command interpreter
with no result.

I have looked at the FAQ and googled a good bit. I found
a document where someone said I can't do this and must
change the PATH in the through the registry. That reference
was several years old so I'm hoping it was either wrong
or out of date.

I can't believe the command line has been so lobotomized !!

Ray

You can use wine cmd to get to a c:> or z:> depending on what directory.
wineconsole is also an option. At that point you and run your
c:\autoexec.bat and set the environment. But for Dos based not needing
window can be run on dosbox or dosemu or some others. If you need
protected mode or the above don't work with your tool set use one of the
virtual machines and install msdos or freedos. I have been using Qemu
for a while but many other are around. Search your distributions package
manager for them.
Paul R.

Thanks to the both of you who responded.

It seems the cause of my problem was not using the set keyword
in front of the path= command.

I'm surprised that this is different that a nearby WinXP-Pro
machine on the other side of the lab that I have been using
to do sime testing with.

Wine requires "set", XP does not.

??

Ray