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- SHELL.PAS
-
- This is an include file for Turbo Pascal which defines the
- procedure Shell, allowing a Pascal program to call a DOS subprocess
- to execute any command string as if it had been typed from the command
- prompt. It is a simplification of the procedures developed byBela Lubkin
- of Borland International Technical Support, saving a little space and compile
- time and hopefully a little easier to understand and include in programs.
-
- Tutorial comments are included with the source code.
-
- SUBPROC.PAS
-
- This is the source code for a simple program which uses SHELL to execute
- DOS commands. It can be used inside a .BAT file to execute other .BAT
- files and then resume. The levels of nesting is limited by memory size and
- the number of open files your system allows.
-
- It also illustrates an easy techique to get all of the parameter string
- from DOS, without bothering with concatenating from ParamStr function.
- It seems odd that Borland didn't build this into the language (unless they
- did and I missed it.)
-
- AUTHOR: Bill Mayne
- 9707 Lawndale Dr.
- Silver Spring, MD 20901