Date:	Thu, 11 Oct 2001 15:42:35 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	"L. Claudius" <lclaudius AT luiz DOT claudio DOT nom DOT br>
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Subject:	Re: bash
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On Thu, 11 Oct 2001, L. Claudius wrote:

> Is it possible/desirable to use bash as a substitute for command.com
> (comspec, shell)? FWIW, I'm using DOS 6.22.

If you do not plan on using DOS-extended programs that were compiled with 
non-DJGPP compilers, by all means use Bash.  If you do use other extended 
programs, they might not like the DPMI environment, or require DPMI 
services that CWSDPMI doesn't support (like 16-bit DPMI).

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