DOS ain't dead - C's system() & COMMAND.COM

C's system() & COMMAND.COM (Developers)

posted by marcov, 17.09.2014, 13:04

> > Internal commands are ALWAYS processed first, so even if you find a
> valid
> > COM/EXE/BAT/BTM with the appropriate name, it may not be what actually
> gets
> > processed.
>
> If I execute a .COM/.EXE directly (int 21h function 4b00h) and not via
> "%COMSPEC% /C", it should just work, no matter what internal commands are.

The point is that the person calling the shell might have wanted the internal command. You are basically changing priorities there.

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