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From: [e-mail] (Joe Doupnik)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Push returns to DOS prompt rather than WPerfect Shell
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Date: 20 Jun 95 11:53:35 MDT
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In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Jim Clark) writes:
> Hi
>
>      I am using Kermit to access a Dec alpha over a Novell network.  Kermit and
> the script are run from the WPerfect Office shell.  When I use Push to
> temporarily exit Kermit, I end up at the Dos prompt, rather than at the Office
> menu.  I want the shell menu, of course, to access other programs.  Is there
> something special at the Kermit end to return to the shell instead of Dos?
-------
    You don't want to think about WP Shell. It's a total task switcher
and that's fatal for comms programs. I believe we say this in the release
docs.
    When "shelled to DOS" from within Kermit MSK uses the program
given by the Environment COMSPEC= variable. Normally that's c:\command.com.
        Joe D.