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From: passaret%brahe.steinmetz@ge.com (E. MichaelMr. Mike Passaretti)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Shell command question
Summary: RTFM (Sorry, but this is a perfect example)
Keywords: shell msdos autoexec.bat
Message-ID: <11073@steinmetz.ge.com>
Date: 2 Jun 88 14:36:04 GMT
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From: passaret%brahe.steinmetz@ge.com (E. MichaelMr. Mike Passaretti)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Shell command question
Summary: RTFM (Sorry, but this is a perfect example)
Keywords: shell msdos autoexec.bat
Message-ID: <11073@steinmetz.ge.com>
Date: 2 Jun 88 14:36:04 GMT
References: <1102@cod.NOSC.MIL> <11878@ut-sally.UUCP>
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Reply-To: passaret@brahe.steinmetz.ge.com (Mike Passaretti)
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In article <11878@ut-sally.UUCP> nather@ut-sally.UUCP (Ed Nather) writes:
>In article <1102@cod.NOSC.MIL>, desmond@cod.NOSC.MIL (J. Desmond) writes:
>> I've noticed that using the shell= command in the config.sys file
>> inhibits execution of the autoexec file on my Zenith 248.  Is this
>> true of other clones?  
>
>No.  My Clone from Taiwan (Standard Brand) has no problem with that.  It
>sounds like a bug in the Zenith start-up software.
>

It's not a bug, it's a feature.  Really.  You have to specify that this
is the (/P)ermanent version of command.com you are installing.  Add a
'/P' to you 'shell =' line and it will love you forever (and run
autoexec for you).  This is so you can spawn command.com without having
to run your autoexec batch every time.

                                                        - MM


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