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- NC_EXIT.COM Program and documentation by Tony McNamara, Symantec
-
- Purpose:
- ========
- Unloads the Norton Commander without the use of a TSR program.
- Optionally stuffs up to an 11 character command for processing after.
-
- Version 2.0, 1 February 91
- Added command-line string parameter support.
-
- Syntax:
- =======
- NC_EXIT
- or
- NC_EXIT <string>
- where <string> is up to 11 characters to be entered, as if typed at the
- keyboard, after The Norton Commander has been exited.
-
- Compatibility:
- ==============
- Unloads only the Norton Commander.
- Windows compatible.
- Designed to be highly compatible.
- May be rendered ineffective by some keyboard accelerators.
-
- Usage:
- ======
- Call from a batch file or a sequence of commands in a user menu.
- No parameters are required. If given, an ASCII string is used.
- Due to the method, NC_Exit should be the last command called by the user
- menu or batch file. Otherwise, the keyboard input may be accepted or reset
- by another program.
- IMPORTANT: Both NC_Exit and the batch file or executable called by
- <string> should be in your PATH. Otherwise, these won't
- work. You probably should put them in your Norton Commander
- directory, which should already be in your PATH.
-
- EXAMPLES:
- =========
- To run Windows from outside of the Commander, you could set
- the user menu to:
- W: MS Windows
- nc_exit win
- (assuming WIN.COM was in your path). Then, whenever you chose Windows
- at your user menu, you would leave the Commander and run MS Windows without
- it.
-
-
- To change the PATH in NC and have it stick (as opposed to merely staying
- in effect for the duration of a batch file), you must exit NC, set the
- path, and restart NC. This can now be automated by doing the following:
-
- 1) Create a two line batch file, consisting of:
- PATH=<the path you wish set>
- NC
-
- 2) Set your User Menu, Extension Files, or whatever batch file is
- called by these to call NC_EXIT <batch file name>
-
- For example, call the following "SETNC.BAT"
- SET NORCMD=ON
- NC
- and add the following to your User Menu:
- T: Test NC_Exit
- NC_EXIT SETNC
- Then select "T" from your user menu. You should wind right back
- in the Commander, but when you type "SET", you should see the
- new environmental variable "NORCMD".
-
-
- If you have any questions or problems, please ask in the NORUTL forum
- on CompuServe.
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