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From: sonny@charybdis.harris-atd.com (Bob Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Need to change name of AUTOEXEC
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Date: 5 Apr 91 02:50:13 GMT
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In article <3005@krafla.rhi.hi.is> frisk@rhi.hi.is (Fridrik Skulason) writes:
>In a message from (chrisb@hubcap.clemson.edu (Chris Behrens))
> 
>>Is there a program that will allow me to change the name of the file
>>that COMMAND.COM looks for when booting ??  By default, it looks for and
>>executes AUTOEXEC, i want to name it something else, maybe place it in a
>>subdirectory or something. Simply running a different BAT file from
>>within the AUTOEXEC is not what I want.
>
>The easiest way is just to patch COMMAND.COM.  Just run NU, search for 
>the text "AUTOEXEC", and change it to whatever you want.
>

	I have not tried this but COMMAND.COM has an option /C that
invokes any specified command. So might one execute any batchfil.bat one
wishes on boot up by including the following line in CONFIG.SYS?:

	SHELL=COMMAND.COM /P /C batchfil.bat

As I say, I have not tried this. But I think I shall.


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