Mail Archives: djgpp/1994/08/30/15:12:38
> > But what if you have set SHELL=command.com?
>
> Why would you do that? The 'SHELL=' statement in CONFIG.SYS doesn't
> set the environment variable does it?
The oemacs shell-command runs the shell specified by the SHELL environment
variable (or at least that's what the info files say). I'll admit that I
don't actually have a shell environment variable set, but it would not be
unreasonable for me to have done so.
> I think it's a safe bet that most of the source code used with djgpp will
> call system() with a command string that assumes sh semantics.
There are two uses for djgpp: (1) port unix software to DOS and (2) get
around the 640K limit in new or existing DOS software. I doubt anyone has
any statistics on which use is more common, but it sounds like your use is
primarily #1 while mine is primarily #2.
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