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Date: Mon, 3 Feb 1997 18:16:16 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: "David A. Scott" <an096 AT yfn DOT ysu DOT edu>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: DOS HELP NEEDED
In-Reply-To: <5d2usf$5h8@news.ysu.edu>
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.970203181409.27257E-100000@is>
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On 2 Feb 1997, David A. Scott wrote:

> had a crash so went to Windows 95. The Dos under windows
> 95 seems to be a casturated version. How does one even
> get a list of the commands the Dos supports.

Wrong news group.  But since you asked: some commands are in a directory 
that's not on the PATH by default (like C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND or some 
such).  Run a program that searches your disk for a command that you 
don't find, and you will see where it is.  Then add that directory to 
your PATH.

>  I get the feeling microsoft wants to kill Dos. Am i
> wrong or what?

I don't speak for Microsoft.

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