Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbatt!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uiucdcsp!vanzandt From: vanzandt@uiucdcsp.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Patch Command.Com Message-ID: <75800019@uiucdcsp> Date: Mon, 9-Feb-87 21:42:00 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcsp.75800019 Posted: Mon Feb 9 21:42:00 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 11-Feb-87 18:40:54 EST References: <380@neoucom.UUCP> Lines: 7 Nf-ID: #R:neoucom.UUCP:380:uiucdcsp:75800019:000:318 Nf-From: uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu!vanzandt Feb 9 20:42:00 1987 As I understand the /p parameter with the shell command it is to be used in conjuction with the /e:nn (set environment size) to signify that this is a "permanent" addition to the environment setting. Maybe they mean that each child shell should inherit the same environment when the /p parameter is specified???...