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View Ref-File8.18  Shell library                                                TOS

This library contains functions to read information from the program 
environment (such as the GEM desktop and similar applications), or to 
write them; in addition they can take on the launch of other GEM 
programs. The following routines are available for this:

 ∙ shel_envrn  Obtains value of environment variable
 ∙ shel_find   Searches for a file
 ∙ shel_get    Reads from the environment buffer
 ∙ shel_help   Outputs Help-texts
 ∙ shel_put    Writes to the environment buffer
 ∙ shel_rdef   Inquires the default program
 ∙ shel_read   Reads command line parameters
 ∙ shel_wdef   Sets the default program
 ∙ shel_write  Launches application

Note: Here special merit has been earned by shel_write, which as of 
AES Version 4.0 (or MagiC 3) has made many other useful things 
available, such as Shutdown of the system, resolution changes, AES 
broadcasting etc.

See Also: About the AES   Style guidelines