From: Eric Gillespie <root AT flying-brick DOT caverock DOT net DOT nz>
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Subject: Re: Bash as the only shell
Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 11:12:47 +1200
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On Fri, 8 May 1998, arkane wrote:
>  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.
I have come across one of those programs myself - OpenDos's MEM
It says something strange, and it's related to how it tries to read the 
commandline - I guess BASH just handles it different...

Anyway, enough blathering from me - I must go...
The Viking