nather@ut-emx.uucp (Ed Nather) (06/25/91)
Up to MS-DOS 3.3, the command.com shell would check to see if you had changed the switch character to something other than "/" and, if you had, would recognize "/" as a pathname separator. The much-improved MS-DOS 4.0 refused us this courtesy, which is why I am still using MS-DOS 3.3. I assume MS-DOS 5.0 has not corrected this error, which Microsoft probably considers an advanced feature, but I thought I'd better ask ... Has it been fixed, or am I stuck with MS-DOS 3.3 forever?
baughmankr@stat.appstate.edu (06/26/91)
In article <51180@ut-emx.uucp>, nather@ut-emx.uucp (Ed Nather) writes: > Up to MS-DOS 3.3, the command.com shell would check to see if you had > changed the switch character to something other than "/" and, if you > had, would recognize "/" as a pathname separator. The much-improved > MS-DOS 4.0 refused us this courtesy, which is why I am still using > MS-DOS 3.3. I'm not sure if DOS 5.0 has fixed that problem or not, but 4DOS will let you use either the "/" or the "\". That is, of course, one of many improvements that 4DOS makes over the regular command.com. I would recommend it to anyone.
tozz@hpindda.cup.hp.com (Bob Tausworthe) (06/27/91)
> >I'm not sure if DOS 5.0 has fixed that problem or not, but 4DOS will let you >use either the "/" or the "\". That is, of course, one of many improvements >that 4DOS makes over the regular command.com. I would recommend it to anyone. >---------- A few simple questions: What is 4DOS? Does it work with DOS 5.0? Where can I get it? (is it pd/shareware) tozz@hpindda.cup.hp.com
baughmankr@stat.appstate.edu (06/28/91)
In article <51330005@hpindda.cup.hp.com>, tozz@hpindda.cup.hp.com (Bob Tausworthe) writes: > A few simple questions: > What is 4DOS? > Does it work with DOS 5.0? > Where can I get it? (is it pd/shareware) 4DOS is a command.com replacement. It adds many needed commands like MOVE, and enhances a lot of the other other commands. It also has an extensive list of batch file enhancements. I have been using 4DOS with DOS 5.0 and DV for a couple of weeks now and have had no problems with it. 4DOS is shareware and is available on most BBS's and on Simtel and its mirror sites.