Special filenames

INIT.CMD

"There is a hint in the OS/2 developer documentation that there was at one time a planned use for the file INIT.CMD. I would recommend that you use a different file name than INIT.CMD regardless."

Source: Dick Goran (see EMail Addresses)

OS2INIT.CMD
"In earlier (1.x) versions of OS/2, the OS2INIT.CMD file was used as a session-by-session AUTOEXEC.BAT, by setting the shell in the config.sys to be CMD.EXE /K OS2INIT.CMD instead of just CMD.EXE. (It's still possible to do that now)."

"Most recommendations I have read say you should not name any file OS2INIT.CMD because it is still considered to be 'reserved' (like STARTUP.CMD)."

(see also Simulating an AUTOEXEC.BAT for OS/2 sessions)

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