reynolds@chinet.UUCP (dan reynolds) (11/30/85)
Can anyone tell me if it's possible to patch or modify command.com to accept a command that will transfer control to a program which has been made resident and attached itself to DOS, much the way that Ctl-Alt invokes Sidekick. Rather than use control keys, etc I'd like to execute this program with a command. Command.com contains some sort of table that lists all it's resident commands and some sort of addressing (I presume) for each command. Can this table be appended to include other commands that are resident. HELP would be much appreciated. dan reynolds illinois institute of technology illinois department of transportation gandolf & co. ihnp4!chinet!reynolds
ggl@mhuxi.UUCP (LASKARIS) (12/03/85)
Dan Reynolds, at Illinois Institute of Technology, asks: > Can anyone tell me if it's possible to patch or modify command.com to accept > a command that will transfer control to a program which has been made > resident and attached itself to DOS, much the way that Ctl-Alt invokes > Sidekick. ... We are using a public domain program called CED (Command EDitor), which captures all the commands you type and allows you to cycle back through them using the arrow keys. This is something like ksh, but easier to use. The reason this comes up here is that the author has devised a way of appending to his own list of commands dynamically. He gives a small example in assembler which loads and stays resident, and grafts its own command name onto the CED list. This is not a direct solution to the problem, since: 1) the CED program is needed; it recognizes the commands, not COMMAND.COM 2) the memory-resident program knows about CED as well. CED may be found on various bulletin boards; if requests come in, I will attempt a uuencoded version. David Laurance AT&T International ..!mhuxi!ggl (201) 953-7708 The unusual disclaimer applies.
farber@huey.udel.edu (Dave Farber) (12/05/85)
Can I get a copy