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/* +++Date last modified: 05-Jul-1997 */
/*
** SHEL2DOS.C - Shell to DOS from a running program
**
** Original Copyright 1989-1991 by Bob Stout as part of
** the MicroFirm Function Library (MFL)
**
** The user is granted a free limited license to use this source file
** to create royalty-free programs, subject to the terms of the
** license restrictions specified in the LICENSE.MFL file.
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <process.h>
#include "snpdosys.h"
int shell_to_DOS(void)
{
char *comspec, prompt[256], *oldprompt;
int retval;
comspec = getenv("COMSPEC");
if(comspec == NULL)
comspec = "COMMAND.COM"; /* Better than nothing... */
sprintf(prompt, "PROMPT=[Type EXIT to return to program]\r\n%s",
oldprompt = getenv("PROMPT"));
putenv(prompt);
retval = spawnlp(0, comspec, comspec, NULL);
sprintf(prompt, "PROMPT=%s", oldprompt);
putenv(prompt);
return retval;
}
#ifdef TEST
#include <stdio.h>
main()
{
int retval = shell_to_DOS();
printf("shell_to_DOS() returned %d\n", retval);
retval = shell_to_DOS();
printf("shell_to_DOS() returned %d\n", retval);
return 0;
}
#endif /* TEST */