SAMPLE: Windows Code to Parse MS-DOS Environment Variables

 Last reviewed: February 15, 1996
Article ID: Q68647
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows versions 3.0 and 3.1

PATH is a sample application for the Windows environment that demonstrates how to parse MS-DOS environment variables. PATH will accept any environment variable and the name of a file. A search path is a null-terminated string that consists of a sequence of directory specifications separated by semicolons (;). PATH searches for the named file by searching each directory (one directory at a time) in the order in which the directories are listed in the environment variable.

Download PATH.EXE, a self-extracting file, from the Microsoft Software Library (MSL) on the following services:

  • Microsoft Download Service (MSDL) 

          Dial (206) 936-6735 to connect to MSDL
      Download PATH.EXE (size: 23055 bytes)
  • Internet (anonymous FTP) 

          ftp ftp.microsoft.com
      Change to the \SOFTLIB\MSLFILES directory
      Get PATH.EXE (size: 23055 bytes)

Additional reference words: 3.00 3.10 softlib PATH.EXE
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Last reviewed: February 15, 1996
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