Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/07/08/06:32:14
In article <3 DOT 0 DOT 1 DOT 16 DOT 19980707102044 DOT 1e3f478a AT shadow DOT net>, Ralph Proctor
<ralphgpr AT shadow DOT net> writes:
>Hello Eli:
>
>I have a good DOS DJGPP and Allegro installation that has been serving me
>quite well on my
>486DX2 66MH, but I have been wanting to try out BASH and see what it is like.
It is, like, really refreshingly nice.
>Can I do this without messing up or corrupting my present DOS installation?
Bash is just a program. It is pretty nice to everyone else in the system.
Except that it puts .bash_history and _bashrc files in the root directories of
your drives (a small price to pay.)
>Can I have them BOTH?
Sure! I've got both: a shortcut to bash and a shortcut to command.com on my
start menu. I remember having to do a bit of learning before everything
started to work smoothly. Some things are different, e.g., none of the little
batch files that I used from command.com to change to my favorite directories
did anything from bash. You can read the documentation.
>Any comment you might make would be appreciated--and if anybody else is
>doing this I would feel better.
I hope you feel better!
--Ed (Myknees)
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