Hi, if the old shell EXITs that does not necessarily mean that it FAILED. Maybe the user simply selected something as shell which does allow him to exit. So it is POSSIBLE that the user next wants to use the same shell again. Or a typo in the SHELL= line threw him out of the shell. In both cases it would be nice to be able to use the old shell line as default for the prompt for a new value. Or at least printf() the old value before asking for a new shell.
> You're wrong - ROM-DOS does this, not MS-DOS! MS-DOS simply loads COMMAND... Not true. I once accidentally mixed MS COMMAND of ONE version with MS kernel of OTHER version on a disk. The shell said "wrong DOS version" and exited. Then the kernel ASKED ME which shell I would like to use instead. I selected a disk editor or debug and killed that stupid version check :-P. Eric ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click _______________________________________________ Freedos-kernel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-kernel
