Rohit wrote:
>
> Pichai Asokan wrote:
> > I thought command.com invoked autoexec.bat.
>
> When you have just turned on your DOS machine, do
> C:\ command.com
>
> And see if it invokes the c:\autoexec.bat
>
on dos prompt, giving -
c:\> command
brings a child shell and does nothing.
giving -
c:\>command c:\autoexec.bat
gives message: "specified COMMAND search directory bad" and does
nothing.
the PROMPT string also disappeared in this new child, giving prompt as:
c>
on giving -
c> set
PATH=
single env variable PATH appears which itself is empty.
> [Autoexec is invoked the first time the shell is launched]
>
meaning command.com does invoke it.
regards
-vulcan
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