To run the shell, just type

:SH.HPBIN.SYS -L

I have this command in a command file called SHELL.

I highly recommend Michael Hensley's paper "Plug and Play Posix" which can
be found at:
http://www.allegro.com/papers/posix/pnpposix.html


At 03:02 PM 1/4/2001 -0500, Joseph Rosenblatt wrote:
>As was suggested by a prominent member of this list we should try to push
>the limits of the current OS before whining about what don't have. Toward
>that end I am trying to learn how to use the POSIX shell. I am in possession
>of the  MPE i/X Shell and Utilities Reference Manual. This has a great list
>of commands and other help. What it does not tell me is how to invoke the
>shell. Is there another manual that has even more basic information,
>something like, "Getting Started with POSIX?"
>
>Thanks for any light you can shed.
>
>Joseph Rosenblatt