PWB 1.0 Does Not Return from DOS Shell If TMP Contains a ";"

ID Number: Q62702

1.00

MS-DOS

Summary:

If there is a semicolon ";" in your TMP environment variable, you may

not be able to return to the Programmer's WorkBench (PWB) version 1.0

by typing "exit" after selecting "DOS Shell" from the File menu in

PWB. This situation does not occur with PWB version 1.1.

More Information:

Since the TMP environment variable is used to specify a single

directory rather than a path, the semicolon character should not be

used.

To re-create this situation, type the following at the command line:

set TMP=C:\TMP;

Then, invoke PWB 1.0 and select DOS Shell from the File menu. Typing

"exit" on the DOS command line will not bring you back into PWB. To

correct the problem, remove the semicolon from the end of the TMP

environment variable.

Additional reference words: 1.00 1.10