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<B>SHELL Execute DOS Command</B>
<B>SHELL</B> [<U>commandstr</U>]
Loads a secondary copy of COMMAND.COM and, optionally, executes an
.EXE, .COM, or .BAT program, or an internal DOS command.
<U>commandstr</U> A string expression. If omitted, SHELL leaves the user at
the DOS command prompt. To return to the QuickBASIC
program, the user types EXIT.
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<B>Notes:</B> If the SHELLed program is a batch file, its last statement
should be EXIT.
Parameters may be passed to the SHELLed program in the
usual DOS fashion. Any words in <U>commandstr</U> that are
separated from the program name by one or more spaces are
considered parameters for the SHELLed program.
It is not advisable to run TSR programs via SHELL. They
may cause a crash on return to QuickBASIC.
After the specified DOS command or program terminates,
control is returned to the line following the SHELL
statement.
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