From: "mike friedrichs" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: bash-2.04 Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 22:39:00 -0600 Organization: LCC Internet Lines: 36 Message-ID: <945s92$i6i@atlas.lcc.net> References: <3405-Wed17Jan2001202423+0200-eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> NNTP-Posting-Host: conr-ddas9-a5.txucom.net X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Eli, i downloaded the unix type executables, now bash looks familiar. i have notice that 'ls' has the familiar unix look and 'dir' looks like the typical dos listing. i understand that i/o and such are made from real mode. my original inquiry added some confusion. what i should of asked is: does bash start and run in real mode or does it run in protected mode with djgpp. thanks again mike friedrichs "Eli Zaretskii" wrote in message news:3405-Wed17Jan2001202423+0200-eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il... > > From: Prashant Ramachandra > > Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 17:34:25 +0530 > > > > On Wednesday, January 17, 2001 5:29 PM, Eli Zaretskii > > [SMTP:eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il] wrote: > > | > > | Not exactly the same: `dir' defaults to the long listing, `ls' to > > | the > > | short one. > > > > No. On my system (bash 2.03 though), by default dir=ls. > > Sorry, I got it mixed up with `vdir'. `dir' defaults to `ls -C'.