#256 DOSDIR in FDCONFIG.SYS

[InfoLibre]

At the first line of FDCONFIG.SYS, the installer writes :
SET DOSDIR=C:\FDOS
But after this line, the DOSDIR variable is no more used in FDCONFIG.SYS. There are line with DEVICE=C:\FDOS\BIN...
The installer should write %DOSDIR%\ instead of C:\FDOS\, like in FDAUTO.BAT.

[InfoLibre]

In fact, the problem is that variables are not usables in FDCONFIG.SYS.
With :
SET DOSDIR=C:\FDOS
ECHO %DOSDIR%
The result is :
%DOSDIR%
instead of :
C:\FDOS
Is it a bug or is it because the use of variables in FDCONFIG.SYS is not implemented ?

[Jim Hall]

This is not a bug, if I'm reading this correctly. For example, I can set up an FDCONFIG.SYS that has SET DOSDIR=C:\FDOS and not have any FDAUTO.BAT or AUTOEXEC.BAT, so that COMMAND.COM doesn't set any environment when it starts up. And I can still do this:

C:\>SET
CONFIG=4
DOSDIR=C:\FDOS
COMSPEC=C:\FDOS\BIN\COMMAND.COM

And:

C:\>ECHO %DOSDIR%
C:\FDOS

And as InfoLibre pointed out, variables are not used in FDCONFIG.SYS itself.

[Jim Hall]

Marked as closed/wont-fix because this is standard behavior, not a bug