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Article #965Re: Cute behavior from a PC
From: Wm E. Davidsen Jr
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 1990 02:14
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 1990 02:14
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In article <1139@manta.NOSC.MIL> grantk@manta.NOSC.MIL (Kelly J. Grant) writes:
| It turned out that an improper SHELL= line was included in the
| config.sys file. His shell= said this:
|
| shell=C:\command.com /e:1024
|
| Note the missing C:\ parameter, as well as the missing /p terminator.
| So, the beharior was to boot without running autoexec.
Right. The /P option has two effects. It runs autoexec and it keeps
the shell from terminating if the command exit is entered. I don't
remember what happens when you terminate the only shell running, but it
can't be a desirable thing to do.
--
bill davidsen - davidsen@sixhub.uucp (uunet!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!know!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen From: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer Subject: Re: Cute behavior from a PC Keywords: shell=, config.sys Message-ID: <1274@sixhub.UUCP> Date: 15 Jul 90 02:14:41 GMT References: <1139@manta.NOSC.MIL> Reply-To: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (bill davidsen) Organization: *IX Public Access UNIX, Schenectady NY Lines: 19