From: Myknees AT aol DOT com
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Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 19:07:12 EDT
To: eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Subject: Re: Can I try BASH?
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In a message dated 98-07-08 11:06:34 EDT, you write:

>  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.

But for changing the current directory?  Do you mean that bash itself executes
the commands, like this:
@echo off
cd c:\over\there
dir

...landing you in "c:\over\there" and never invoking command.com?  I have
version 1147 and doing that seems to show the contents of c:\over\there
without changing the current working directory.  

>  > 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.

Yes, and I prefer the bash command history feature to DOSKEY's history...and
it's line editing to DOSKEY's--I'll stop now.

--Ed (Myknees)