K538915@CZHRZU1A.BITNET (05/16/87)
A simple experiment for all those people which don't believe _shel_p
is used by the system:
-boot your computer with GEMBOOT
-use SETPATH.TTP to set the path to something like
BLABLA
-start your favorite debugger (MONST or something
like it)
-look at the basepage of the debugger, you should
see something like PATH = ;BLABLA; in it
-look at _shel_p ($4F6), and make a note of the
value
-look at the memory location which is pointed
at by _shel_p, this should be the start of the
string PATH = ;BLABLA;
-change BLABLA to ALBALB
-exit the debugger
-restart the debugger
-look at the basepage, see that the path is now
PATH = ;ALBALB;
-stop this idiotic discussion
Simon Poole
K538915@CZHRZU1A.BITNET