Subj : Re: Interlord
To   : Android8675
From : KenDB3
Date : Fri Apr 03 2015 09:58:00

 >   Re: Re: Interlord
 >   By: Digital Man to KenDB3 on Thu Apr 02 2015 12:00 am
 > 
 >  > Ac>> Make sure you have pkunzip.exe and pkzip.exe in your main
 >  > Ac>> Interlord directory or in your system path.
 > 
 >  >> Sorry to hijack, but I have a question. I see the phrase System Path
 >  >> every now and then, and I am never sure if that means my OS (Ex:
 >  >> C:\Windows or C:\Windows\System32), or does that mean my BBS's System
 >  >> Path (Ex: C:\sbbs or C:\sbbs\exec)?
 > 
 >  DM> In the above context ("make sure pk*zip.exe is ... in your system
 >  DM> path"),  it means that those files (pk*zip.exe) need to exist in a
 >  DM> directory that  is in your system's search path for executables. This
 >  DM> path is represented  (in Windows and *nix OSes) with the "PATH"
 >  DM> environment variable. On  Windows, you can view your current path from
 >  DM> a command prompt by typing  "PATH". The directories in your system
 >  DM> search path will be separated by  semicolons (on Windows). You can add
 >  DM> a directory to your system search  path on Windows via Control
 >  DM> Panel->System->Advanced->Environment  Variables->System Variables and
 >  DM> editing the "PATH" variable there.
 > 
 > It makes is so that no matter what directory you're in, you can type "pkzip"
 > and your computer will be able to find the program if it exists in one of
 > the folders in your PATH.
 > 
 > For example, I put all my DOS Compression programs in C:\ZIP folder and that
 > folder is in my PATH.
 > 
 > path=c:\zip;c:;c:\notepad++;... etc
 > 
 > This is old school DOS Stuff, Works with Windows prgs as well, if I enter
 > npp followed by the name of a file it opens the file in Notepad++.

Thank you so much. All the info I can get is good. I've been re-learning a lot
of the old DOS stuff since setting up SBBS. Some things are just so foreign
that sometimes I *think* I know what is being talked about, and really its
something entirely different. But, it's fun to learn!

~KenDB3

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