OS/2 tricks: setlocal/endlocal and beginlibpath/endlibpath
setlocal/endlocal is a command to save current environmental variabls and to restore them, again. So they are usually at beginning and at end of a batch file or of a rexx file, respectively. However, there is a pitfall here. setlocal/endlocal do not work with beginlibpath/endlibpath. Because beginlibpath/endlibpath are not real environmental variables. Instead, command interpreter such as CMD and 4OS2, treat them like environmental variables. Because of this, if you modify beginlibpath/endlibpath in setlocal/endlocal block, then original beginlibpath/endlibpath are not resotred after endlocal. This is observed on both CMD and 4OS2. So you should use a workaround. It's simple. Just backup beginlibpath/endlibpath and restore them manually. Use this pattern. Colored By Color Scripter ™ 1 2 3 4 5 setlocal set oldb=%beginlibpath% rem your codes set beginlibpath=%oldb% endlocal // ----- 2014/09/24 LIBPATHSTRICT is not restored, too. //