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From: md2828 AT mclink DOT it (Marco Salvalaggio)
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: RE: Re: system() with command line options
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 22:04:46 GMT
Message-ID: <3356a9e4.3393548@newmail.mclink.it>
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On Fri, 11 Apr 1997 13:07:56 -0700, "John M. Aldrich"
<fighteer AT cs DOT com> wrote:

>
>To the original poster:  Try editing your 'config.sys'.  Find the line
>that says "SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM" or something similar.  It might say
>"COMSPEC" instead of "SHELL".  Add " /E:2048" to the end of that line,
>save, and reboot your computer.  This can't hurt anything and may help
>solve the problem.
>

Remember also to put a /P, otherwise COMMAND.COM will execute
AUTOEXEC.BAT and immediately after will exit leaving you with a clean
shell with default settings.

Marco

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