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From: reeves@dvinci (Malcolm Reeves)
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Subject: Re: Command.com and a message
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Date: 8 Dec 90 16:57:53 GMT
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From article <67560@unix.cis.pitt.edu>, by kwgst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Karol W Gieszczykiewicz):

The simplest reminder for a shell is to change the DOS prompt. This is what
wordperfect does and several other programs. You can "exec" the prompt command
from your own program.