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- ENVIRONMENT
-
- The DOS environment space is an area of memory set aside by DOS to store
- environment variables. Programs and BATCH files find them useful. There
- is always at least one environment variable, COMSPEC, defined by DOS during
- the boot. The size of DOS environment space is fixed during the boot, as
- determined by the SHELL line in the CONFIG.SYS file. Every time the COMMAND
- program is run, a new copy of the DOS environment space is created, and used
- until that COMMAND program EXITs.
-
- For information about setting the size of the DOS environment space, leave
- the NEW_TERMS topic (by pressing the Return, Enter, or <──┘ key at the
- "NEW_TERMS Topic?" prompt) and then request information on the CONFIG.SYS
- SHELL topic. For information about environment variables, leave the NEW_TERMS
- topic (by pressing the Return, Enter, or <──┘ key at the "NEW_TERMS Topic?"
- prompt) and then request information on the BATCH_COMMANDS HINTS VARIABLE and
- BATCH_COMMANDS SET topics.