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Date: Sat, 9-Mar-85 04:39:55 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar  9 04:39:55 1985
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Nf-From: absolut!bill    Mar  5 09:19:00 1985

 > I have seen many references to arguments to command.com, but I have 
 > not been able to find them metioned in any of the manuals.  Specificly 
 > I have seen -c and -p.  Does anybody knows what all the arguments are and 
 > what they do?  -- 
 > Yosef Gold 
 > ...{philabs,cucard,pegasus,ihnp4,rocky2}!aecom!gold
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Typing command at the DOS system prompt loads a secondary commmand processor.
The -p or /p argument tells the secondary command processor to become
permanent in memory. (i.e. The new command processor becomes the primary and
there is no way to return to the the original command processor.)
The -c or /c argument allows you to pass a string to the secondary command
processor and to return to the original processor by typing "exit" at the DOS
prompt.  (e.g. C>command /c chkdsk -- loads a secondary command processor and
executes the chkdsk program.) The secondary command processor inherits the
environment of the original processor, path etc but any changes to the
secondary processor are not passed back to the original when the secondary
is "exited".
I am only aware of the /c and /p arguments.

Hope this helps.
William Gibbs               {ucbvax!cbosgd!ima!cfib, decvax!cca}!absolut!bill
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