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From: ho@fergvax.unl.edu (Tiny Bubbles...)
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Subject: Re: What files MUST be in the root directory?
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Date: 9 Aug 89 00:03:53 GMT
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From article <189@nisca.ircc.ohio-state.edu>, by pjd@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Peter J. Dotzauer):
> Obviously, the two hidden files and config.sys MUST absolutely be in
> the root directory, but what about command.com, if you have a comspec
> line in config.sys? I haven't dared to remove command.com from the root,
> for fear of screwing something up.

Command.com can be moved under DOS 3.0;  I'm not sure about 2.0, I think
you're stuck with it there.  

To do it under 3.0+, put

SHELL=[path]COMMAND.COM [path]

Example:  command is in your \DOS directory.  Use

SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM C:\DOS 

That second path is important -- that's what lets the system FIND the file
for subsequent loads (via the COMSPEC variable).

I don't have 2.0, but I had heard there were problems trying to implement
this over there.
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	... Michael Ho, University of Nebraska