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From: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer
Subject: Re: Cute behavior from a PC
Keywords: shell=, config.sys
Message-ID: <1274@sixhub.UUCP>
Date: 15 Jul 90 02:14:41 GMT
References: <1139@manta.NOSC.MIL>
Reply-To: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (bill davidsen)
Organization: *IX Public Access UNIX, Schenectady NY
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In article <1139@manta.NOSC.MIL> grantk@manta.NOSC.MIL (Kelly J. Grant) writes:

| It turned out that an improper SHELL= line was included in the
| config.sys file.  His shell= said this:
| 
| shell=C:\command.com  /e:1024
| 
| Note the missing C:\ parameter, as well as the missing /p terminator.
| So, the beharior was to boot without running autoexec.

  Right. The /P option has two effects. It runs autoexec and it keeps
the shell from terminating if the command exit is entered. I don't
remember what happens when you terminate the only shell running, but it
can't be a desirable thing to do.
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bill davidsen - davidsen@sixhub.uucp (uunet!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen)
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