On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 8:59 AM, Ercan Ersoy <ercaner...@outlook.com> wrote: > > > But looking at the source commited 20 minutes ago, it seems that no commands > > are yet implemented, it is only like a stub. > > Please read README. Also, Minibox includes commands in one executable file. > (e.g. Busybox) > > Command Line: minibox command [arguments] > > > I am curious why it need DPMI and DJGPP for that? It is not enought Watcom > > C++ > > in 16 bit real mode? > > Because, Minibox porting for other platforms easily. >
Minibox is an interesting project, but I wonder why implement everything in one large binary, just to execute simple commands. I know you are mimicking Busybox (above). But on a DOS system, it seems very resource heavy to load a large exe that requires DPMI to do commands like: (from the README) beep cat cd clear cp date echo ls mkdir mv pwd rm rmdir sh time Wouldn't it be easier and more resource efficient to implement these as small, individual programs? "cat" is not a very big program, for example. -- There's an interesting parallel here, and I think this would make a good project for someone: Years ago, there was the "GNUish" project, which ported the GNU utilities to DOS. But eventually the project stalled. Before GNUish shut down, they reached out to me to mirror their files. You can find them here: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/gnuish/ Info here: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/gnuish/gnuish.htm I think it would be great for someone to pick up the GNUish project again. Port the GNU Utilities (ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/) to FreeDOS using OpenWatcom, or DJGPP. This is likely challenging, as it will require creating wrappers for different functionality, workarounds for other functionality that doesn't (or can't?) exist on DOS, etc. *That* is something that would be really interesting on FreeDOS! We already have some Unix-like programs in FreeDOS (cal, du, bc, grep, sed, ...) and a few utilities exist at DJ Delorie's repo, but AFAIK no one has created a comprehensive update to GNUish. Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
