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- From: xtifr@netcom.com (Chris Waters)
- Subject: Re: How to use START /DOS command from Dos box?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.094759.23928@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- References: <1992Dec23.234142.22341@nlm.nih.gov>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 09:47:59 GMT
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- In <1992Dec23.234142.22341@nlm.nih.gov> dabl2@nlm.nih.gov (Don A.B. Lindbergh) writes:
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- >I need to spawn a dos session from an active dos session. The docs tell me
- >I can do this, but I'm getting a SYS3088 error saying the command isn't
- >recognized.
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- Um, the docs say that you can*NOT* do this. From the OS/2 command-line,
- type "HELP START". START is clearly labeled as an OS/2 command, not a
- DOS command. And this makes sense, too. OS/2 MDOS is a version of DOS,
- and DOS does *not* have the ability to create new DOS sessions. :-)
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- Nevertheless, you might be able to get around this using a named pipe to
- communicate with an OS/2 program which *could* launch new sessions.
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