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Subject: Re: ....GEMBOOT/_shel_p (a simple experiment and a way to reduce net tr
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Date: Fri, 15-May-87 23:07:03 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 15 23:07:03 1987
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A simple experiment for all those people which don't believe _shel_p
is used by the system:

              -boot your computer with GEMBOOT
              -use SETPATH.TTP to set the path to something like
               BLABLA
              -start your favorite debugger (MONST or something
               like it)
              -look at the basepage of the debugger, you should
               see something like PATH = ;BLABLA; in it
              -look at _shel_p ($4F6), and make a note of the
               value
              -look at the memory location which is pointed
               at by _shel_p, this should be the start of the
               string  PATH = ;BLABLA;
              -change BLABLA to ALBALB
              -exit the debugger
              -restart the debugger
              -look at the basepage, see that the path is now
               PATH = ;ALBALB;
              -stop this idiotic discussion


                        Simon Poole
                        K538915@CZHRZU1A.BITNET