[clue-talk] /bin/command.com shell for Linux?
Match Grun
match at dimensional.com
Mon Jan 30 21:17:30 MST 2006
On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 17:50:12 -0700 (MST)
ockers at ockers.net (Jim Ockers) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> OK this is partly tongue in cheek but I had a DOS/Windows
> user (he's a programmer, and not stupid, just unfamiliar
> with Linux/Unix shells) wonder about a command.com shell for
> Linux.
>
> Obviously whoever would use such a thing probably doesn't
> care about all the Great Wonderful things you can do with
> bash. They just want something familiar they can use to
> move around the directory tree and create/delete files and
> move files around. I guess.
>
> Anyway does anyone know of such a shell? Or maybe a .tcshrc
> that implements fairly extensive DOS syntax? :) If no one
> has any better ideas I'll just give him my .tcshrc so that
> del, copy, etc. work.
>
> I had to chuckle at the notion of a /bin/command.com shell. :)
>
Ok,
If the guy is a programmer, he must be pretty brain dead to want a brain
dead DOS command shell.
Most programmers I know, prefer to have the power of a decent shell.
Mmmm...
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