wshell

Executes a local shell in the current working directory of the workspace

APPLICABILITY

Attache (command)

SYNOPSIS

wsh·ell  [ command [ arg ... ] ]

DESCRIPTION

Thw wshell command executes a local shell in the current working directory; this directory must exist locally. An initial command can be specified. The shell runs interactively until you exit from it. On Windows 3.x, the wshell command invokes attache-home-dir\etc\wshell.pif which can be customized to run the shell of your choice. On Windows NT and Windows 95, wshell looks for an environment variable named COMSPEC. If found, the value of the COMSPEC environment variable is used as the name of the shell program to run. Otherwise, wshell runs cmd.exe, which must be found on your PATH.

PERMISSIONS AND LOCKS

Permissions Checking: No special permissions required. Locks: No locks apply.

OPTIONS AND ARGUMENTS

Initial Command.  Default: wshell runs no initial command by default.

command [ arg ... ]

The interactive shell invokes the program command, (and, optionally, passes it one or more arguments). The shell remains after the command is executed.

EXAMPLES

• Create a new window running an interactive shell, and run a dir command in that shell.

/vob/src> pwd
/vob/src

/vob/src> wshell

• Create a new window running an interactive shell that runs a dir command.

/vob/src> pwd
/vob/src

/vob/src> wshell dir *.c

SEE ALSO

shell, make, attache_command_line_interface