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Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/01/22/08:46:34

Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 07:52:54 -0500 (EST)
From: "Mike A. Harris" <mharris AT sympatico DOT ca>
Reply-To: "Mike A. Harris" <mharris AT sympatico DOT ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
cc: David May <dmay AT tvi DOT cc DOT nm DOT us>, bas AT merlin DOT ebicom DOT net, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Enviorment problems
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On Wed, 22 Jan 1997, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> 
> On Tue, 21 Jan 1997, David May wrote:
> 
> > In your config.sys, put this:
> >   shell=c:\command.com /p /e:2048
> 
> I'm not sure /p is the right thing in a shell that's launched in the DOS 
> box (the user evidently is running Windows 95), because that might mean 
> you won't be able to close the DOS box by typing EXIT.  Anybody?

The proper shell line should read:

SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.COM C:\4DOS.COM /P/F/E:2048



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