From:	arkane <ctriebel AT cisunix DOT unh DOT edu>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Bash as the only shell
Date:	Fri, 8 May 1998 12:32:52 -0400
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I seem to remember something about a problem with cwsdpmi not being able
to manage swap space across multiple applications.  I don't know if this
was ever enhanced (I won't call it a bug requiring fixing) to allow
multiple apps to share the swap space.  This would inhibit running large
applications ( those requiring more memory than is physically available ) 
in the bash shell.  Personally I would love to see an actual command.com
replacement of bash.  Under win95 I almost strictly use bash as my
operations shell, switching to command.com after I am sure an application
won't accept bash.


On Fri, 8 May 1998, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> Date: Fri, 8 May 1998 12:43:18 +0300 (IDT)
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
> To: Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
> Cc: perfecto AT mail2 DOT nai DOT net, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Subject: Re: Bash as the only shell
> 
> 
> On Thu, 7 May 1998, Nate Eldredge wrote:
> 
> > >>Are you sure you need this?  What's wrong with loading it from 
> > >>AUTOEXEC.BAT?
> > >
> > >35K
> > 
> > Hmm, that's a point.
> 
> I fail to see how 35KB can make any real difference if what you usually
> run are DJGPP programs.  OTOH, running Bash as a login shell means you
> cannot exit it, and some programs (like 16-bit DPMI ones) won't run under
> Bash. 
> 
> YMMV.
> 
> 

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