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From: Myron A. Calhoun
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1989 13:09

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In article <2516e281@kendra.wf.ags.com> Drew Derbyshire <ahd@clutx.clarkson.edu> writes:
>You are confusing the SHELL parameter (in CONFIG.SYS) and COMSPEC.  The
>actual scenenero that is happening to you is like this:

[many lines deleted]

>        ....  No need to copy them to RAM drive).

  BUT BY DOING SO, I CAN    "FORMAT D:/S"    FROM MY RAM DRIVE!

>        You set COMSPEC to 'anything'; now, if you invoke Kermit,....
>        for functions such as DIRectory), you will get this
>        'other' COMMAND.COM (or whatever)....

  Well, that sure clears it up for me as to why it SEEMED to
  work the way I thought it should most of the time!

>The solution is ....  Please let me know if this helps you.
Thanks!
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