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From: buwyatt%brock.cdn%ubc.csnet@RELAY.CS.NET (Jamie Wyatt)
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Subject: Creating a New DOS SHELL from MSC 4.00
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Date: Fri, 4-Sep-87 11:14:45 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep  4 11:14:45 1987
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I am working on a project and I wish to allow the user to spawn
to the dos shell to allow the use of DOS commands then
when finished type 'EXIT' and return to my application.

I have it working but the DOS environment is destroyed. Anything
that was set before my program is called is OK but the remainder
of the environment is destroyed (filled with garbage) so that 
no further 'sets' can be performed.

This is  a sample of what I did to get the shell up: