From: tlvargo@sbcglobal.netz   
      
   On 9/10/2013 9:18 AM, foxidrive wrote:   
   > On 10/09/2013 23:09, Anton Bayer wrote:   
   >> Is it possible to make a dos variable from a first windows dos box available   
   >> for a second dos box?   
   >>   
   >> I want to set the name of a backup subdir in a bat file executed at startup,   
   >> and have it available in subsequent dos boxes the user might open later on   
   >> during the rest of the day.   
   >>   
   >> OK, I know I could write it in a file and read it out later, but I would   
   >> like to know if it could be done in memory, f.e. by adding a switch to the   
   >> cmd command, or something like that.   
   >>   
   >   
   > SETX is a more recent windows command that can change the master environment.   
      
   For sake of correctness, SETX is not a Windows command.   
   It is a 3rd party add-on utility. :-)   
      
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