Commodore PC - Command

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Command
Purpose:
Starts the command processor.
Syntax:
command [drive:][path][cttydev] [/c-.nnnnn][/p] [/c string]
Comments:
This command starts a new command processor (the ms-dos pro
gram that contains all internal commands).
When you start a new command processor you also create a new
command environment. This new environment is a copy of the
old, parent environment. However, you can change the new
environment without affecting the old one.
The command processor is loaded into memory in two parts:
transient and resident. Some applications write over the transient
memory part of command com when they run. When this hap
pens, the resident part of the command processor looks for the
command com file on disk so that it can reload the transient part.
The drive-path options tell the command processor where to look
for the command com file if it needs to reload the transient part
into memory.
Cttydev allows you to specify a different device (such as AUX) for
input and output. See the ctty command in this chapter for more
information.
The /e switch specifies the environment size, where nnnnn is the
size in bytes. The size may range between 128 and 32768 bytes.
The default value is 128 bytes.
If nnnnn is less than 128 bytes, ms-dos defaults to 128 bytes and
displays the following message:
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(*"*) Invalid environment size specified
If nnnnn is greater than 32768 bytes, ms-dos displays the same
message, but defaults to 32768 bytes.
The /p switch tells command com not to exit to any higher level
shell.
The /c switch, if used, should be the last switch in the command.
It tells the command processor to perform the command or com
mands specified by string and to then return.
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Command