kxb@math.ksu.edu (Karl Buck) (12/22/90)
I cannot seem to get the standard commands such as del, copy, etc to run while in ms_sh. I've set comspec=command.com. What all needs to be to be done to get these standard commands? Thanks. -- KSU Dept. of Mathematics email: kxb@hilbert.math.ksu.edu Manhattan, Kansas 66506 voice: (913)532-6750
solomon@chaos.utexas.edu (Thomas Solomon) (12/23/90)
In article <1990Dec21.231825.13788@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu> kxb@math.ksu.edu (Karl Buck) writes: >I cannot seem to get the standard commands such as del, copy, etc to run >while in ms_sh. I've set comspec=command.com. What all needs to be to be done >to get these standard commands? Thanks. >-- I had the same problems when I was setting up ms_sh on my pc. The problem here is with "internal" DOS commands that don't have an .exe or .com file in the /DOS directory, such as del, copy, dir, etc. You can run these at any time by spawning a DOS shell with the appropriate command. For example, to copy some files, you would type command /c copy [source files] [destination] In practice, it becomes a pain to have to type "command /c" in front of every internal DOS command that you want. I have gotten around this nuisance by defining "aliases" (actually these are shell variables) for the internal DOS commands. For example, type copy='command /c copy' After typing this, the shell variable $copy will behave just like the normal DOS copy command. Just type $copy [source] [destination] (and don't forget the $). I put these 'aliases' in my profile.sh so that they will always be there. Hope this helps. Tom Solomon solomon@chaos.utexas.edu
williams@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu (Kent Williams) (12/23/90)
Don't forget that ms_sh does functions, so you can, for instance,
cls() { command /c cls }
and then cls to your heart's content. RTPGM (read the pretty good manual).
--
Kent Williams --- williams@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu
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