> Hi Jeremy, while you are at it:
>
> Wondering how Jerome could test whether the current shell
> is FreeCOM without needing temp files, ... FWIW, at one time I was trying to
> figure out a way to automatically determine whether my executable program was
> being called from the commend line (any command line -- FreeCOM or
> COMMAND.COM or whatever) or whether I was being EXEC'd from another program.
> I could never figure out a reliable way to do that. The best I could do was
> go back through the MCB chain and glean the name of my parent and compare it
> to a list of known command shell names (COMMAND, 4DOS, etc. -- there are
> several of them including the Windows & OS/2 command shells, and IIRC DOSBox
> doesn't show any parent at all). That turned out to be so unreliable and
> convoluted that I abandoned the idea. I know you're not trying to do the
> exact same thing, but it may be similar enough that it could give you some
> ideas. I'd be interested if you can figure anything out.
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