Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 18:06:00 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Ralph Proctor <ralphgpr AT shadow DOT net>
cc: Myknees <myknees AT aol DOT com>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Can I try BASH?
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On Wed, 8 Jul 1998, Ralph Proctor wrote:

> >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.

AFAIK, the latest port of Bash does support DOS batch files.  I think the 
README.dos file in the distribution says that.

> Ed: The above remark makes me think that maybe my DOSKEY macros (I have it
> call a macro file on
> boot up) will not work. Anyway, I'll soon find out.

IMHO, you should forget about DOSKEY and convert every macro you use with 
it to Bash aliases.