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In computing, a shell is a user interface for access to an operating system's services. In general, operating system shells use either a command-line interface (CLI) or graphical user interface (GUI), depending on a computer's role and particular operation. It is named a shell because it is a layer around the operating system kernel.
OS/2 CONFIG.SYS statements
- PROTSHELL - CONFIG.SYS command to define protected mode shell
- Example: PROTSHELL=C:\OS2\PMSHELL.EXE
- SHELL - CONFIG.SYS command to define DOS command interpreter
- Example: SHELL=C:\OS2\MDOS\COMMAND.COM C:\OS2\MDOS /P
- OS2_SHELL - Environment variable
- Example: SET OS2_SHELL=C:\OS2\CMD.EXE