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+/** @file new_shell.c
+ *  @brief This program tests the new_console() syscall by spawning a
+ *         new shell
+ *
+ *  @author Geoffrey G. Wilson (ggw)
+ *  @author E. Chaos Golubitsky (egolubit)
+ *
+ */
+#include <syscall.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int main()
+{
+	char *argvec[] = { "shell", 0} ;
+
+	if (!(fork())) {
+		printf("i am thread %d; about to switch consoles\n", gettid());
+		if (new_console() < 0) {
+			printf("failed to create new console\n");
+			return(-1);
+		} else {
+			exec(argvec[0], argvec);
+		}
+	}
+
+	return(0);
+}