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SHELL Statement Programming Examples
 
Example 1
 
The following example shows how a single SHELL statement starts up a
new COMMAND.COM:
 
SHELL   'Get a new COMMAND.COM.
 
Sample Output
 
The IBM Personal Computer DOS
Version 3.20 (C)Copyright International
Business Machines Corp 1981, 1986 (C)Copyright
Microsoft Corp 1981, 1986
 
D:QB4>
 
Example 2
 
SHELL_EX.BAS is a program file in the subdirectory ADVR_EX that illustrates
the SHELL statement. To look at the program in the View window and,
optionally, to run it, load the program using the File menu's Open Program
command.
 
The program copies all files modified on a certain date from a specified
directory.