From: Martin DOT Stromberg AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se (Martin Stromberg) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Can I try BASH? Date: 10 Jul 1998 13:24:17 GMT Organization: Ericsson Erisoft AB, Sweden Lines: 15 Message-ID: <6o54m1$aub$1@antares.lu.erisoft.se> References: <35a5650e DOT 9206967 AT news DOT pacbell DOT net> NNTP-Posting-Host: spica.lu.erisoft.se To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk Chuck Busby (scrcrow AT pacbell DOT net) wrote: : Please pardon my ignorance and possible off-topic-ness, but what is : DOSKEY? It was in my autoexec file when i got the computer used, so i : just leave it there. Am I using it without knowing? Can I just : remove it? is it needed by anything? Or is it just wasting time and : space? It provides the command history. If you always use bash, then remove it. If you use COMMAND.COM sometimes and want the command history functionality don't remove it. Silence, MartinS