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----- Original Message -----
From: "DPH" <rally2xs@compuserve.com>
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Sent: May 06, 2002 7:41 PM
Subject: Re: Using Spawn in Win2K


> Wow!  Just what I needed.  Thanks a lot, Jeffry.
>
> If you don't mind, 1 further question.  What is the "/c" right at the
> beginning of the argument_string_list?  I found this on a search of
> the web (as opposed to the search of the newsgroups) too.  I musta
> missed something about calling command.com?
>
As with all DOS and Windows commands issued at the command line,
the correct syntax is obtained by issuing the command with the
switch /?

So for the command shell, you obtain the following:

command /?
Starts a new instance of the MS-DOS command interpreter.

COMMAND [[drive:]path] [device] [/E:nnnnn] [/P] [/C string] [/MSG]

  [drive:]path    Specifies the directory containing COMMAND.COM file.
  device          Specifies the device to use for command input and output.
  /E:nnnnn        Sets the initial environment size to nnnnn bytes.
  /P              Makes the new command interpreter permanent (can't exit).
  /C string       Carries out the command specified by string, and then stops.
  /MSG            Specifies that all error messages be stored in memory. You
                  need to specify /P with this switch.