iiitsh@cybaswan.UUCP (Steve Hosgood) (04/05/90)
In article <832@kubix.kub.nl> kolb@kub.nl writes: >The utilities in the PiCnix package emulate >the functionality of UNIX* System V commands as completely as possible >for MS-DOS* and PC-DOS* users. The utilities included in the PiCnix >package are: > [Lots deleted] > >Name: ncd - change to directory >Usage: ncd [ - | new-directory | -? ] >Version: 3.4 for PCs with DOS 2.1 and higher > >Name: ndate - set and display current date and time >Usage: ndate [-?] [ mmddhhmm[yy] ] [+<format string>] >Version: 3.4 for PCs with DOS 2.1 and higher > >Name: necho - echo arguments >Usage: necho [-?] <argument list> >Version: 3.4 for PCs with DOS 2.1 and higher > >Name: nset - set and display the command processor's environment >Usage: nset [-?] [ <name>=[<parameter>] ] >Version: 3.4 for PCs with DOS 2.1 and higher > >Name: ntime - time a command >Usage: ntime [-?] <command string> >Version: 3.4 for PCs with DOS 2.1 and higher > I see the names of these utilities have been changed to avoid clashing with the built-ins in command.com. I did things differently - it's quite easy to hack COMMAND.COM so that the names don't clash. 1) Run DEBUG on COMMAND.COM 2) Search for the string "DATE". <this should land you in the middle of COMMAND.COM's command table> 3) Alter DATE to DSET, TIME to TSET, CD to CZ (you can still say CHDIR in an emergency), MKDIR to MKDZZ (you can still say MD in an emergency) and RMDIR to RMDZZ. 4) Write the altered file. I use a home-made suite of 'cd', 'date', 'mkdir', 'rmdir' etc, but the same principle would apply to the PiCnix stuff mentioned above. It saves learning new keywords! Indeed, give me an unmodified DOS machine these days and I'm well lost! Have fun Steve
jsulliva@cvbnet.UUCP (Jeff Sullivan, x4482 MS 14-13) (04/11/90)
> I see the names of these utilities have been changed to avoid clashing > with the built-ins in command.com. I did things differently - it's quite > easy to hack COMMAND.COM so that the names don't clash. > That's an interesting idea! Make sure you make a backup (and have a bootable floppy handy!). Myself, I prefer a more conservative approach. I use ALIAS.COM provided by PC Magazine. There are other 'alias'-type programs out there, also. The PC Mag ALIAS is available on their PC tools disk and (I believe) is described in one of their issues (complete with code). I then use the following: alias cd c:/bin/cd alias date c:/bin/date ...etc... Note that you *should* specify the drive! The builtins are faster, but ultimately not much faster; since I save a lot of time not making typos! Jeff Sullivan / Computervision/Prime \ {decvax|linus|sun}!cvbnet!jsulliva CADDS R&D / Bedford, MA 01730 \ jsulliva@cvbnet.prime.com