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Q38839: %TMP% in NEW_VARS.BAT Causes Fatal Error C1042

Article: Q38839
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 5.00 5.10 | 5.10
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | s_pascal h_fortran | mspl13_c
Last Modified: 12-DEC-1988

If you append new_vars.bat to your AUTOEXEC.BAT and your TMP
environment variable is already set for specifying the drive,
directory compiler, and linker to which temporary files should be
written, %TMP% causes the following error message:

   Fatal-Error C1042: cannot open intermediate file -- no
                      such file or directory.

This message occurs because the TMP variable should specify only one
directory.

%TMP% appends any TMP directories already defined at that location.
Generally, it is best not to have any %<environmental variable>%
symbols in AUTOEXEC.BAT because it should be the first place the
environment is defined.

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