Shell Ü ßßßßßß Specifies teh name and location of the command interpreter you want FreeDOS to use. If you want to use your own command interpreter (instead of COMMAND.COM), you can specify its name by adding a shell command to your CONFIG.SYS file. Syntax: SHELL=[[drive:]path]filename [parameters] [[drive:]path]filename Specifies location and name of the command interpreter you want FreeDOS to use. parameters Specifies any command-line parameters or switches that can be used with the specified command interpreter. Default setting The default command interpreter for FreeDOS is COMMAND.COM. If you do not use a shell command in CONFIG.SYS, FreeDOS searches for COMMAND.COM in the root directory of the startup drive. You need to use the shell command if you want to specify a COMMAND.COM file that is not in the root directory or if you do not want to use the default environment size for COMMAND.COM. Example: If you add shell=freecom.com to your CONFIG.SYS file, and the FREECOM.COM command interpreter accepts the switches /C, /F, and /J, you can now use any of these switches on the shell command line. SHELL=freecom.com /C /F /J See Also: Config.SYS COMMAND.COM