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

Last reviewed: July 17, 1997
Article ID: Q62702

1.00 MS-DOS kbtool

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Programmer's Workbench for MS-DOS, version 1.0
Microsoft Programmer's Workbench for OS/2, version 1.0

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.

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KBCategory: kbtool
KBSubcategory: PWBIss
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Last reviewed: July 17, 1997
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