I've been meaning to cut my teeth on creating a Debian package for a while now, and this seems like a simple enough thing to maintain for a starting package, so I guess I'm volunteering to create this program and package it up.
I've already thrown together a 1.0 version of dos_conversion (but not packaged it, yet). If anyone would like to take a look at it (you know, make suggestions, add commands, etc.), it can be had at <URL:http://people.lanl.gov/neale/src/dos_conversion.tar.gz>. It's just a perl script and a commands file (formatted a lot like a mixture between a fortune cookie file and a Debian control file); a whopping 1k compressed. Neale David Welton writes: > This is an interesting idea proposed on the P(ortland [Oregon]) LUG > mailing list. I do not have time, nor much interest in it, but... It > might make an interesting package.. dos-wean, dos-compat... something > like that? Anyway.. he gave me his permission to forward it here, so, > have a look:-> > ----- Forwarded message from "W. Reilly Cooley, Esq." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ----- > Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 12:39:53 -0700 (PDT) > From: "W. Reilly Cooley, Esq." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: linux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: PLUG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: Ease of use > On Tue, 4 Aug 1998, linux wrote: >> Seasoned Linux enthusiasts should help provide newbies with >> DOS-like aliases and scripts and ensure that they're safer >> than those that newbies would develop on their own. > Perhaps the best solution is to do something like Novell did in ver 4 > w.r.t. ver 3 commands--running the outdated command produces a message > telling the user what the new command is. I thought it was obnoxious when > Novell did it because they seemed to change the command names for no good > reason. In this case, however, I don't think it is inappropriate. The > user will issue the commands he is used to and be pointed to correct > commands, while not becoming dependent on non-standard compatibility > scripts. > z.B.: > $ del > ****** DOS Conversion Guide ****** > Under DOS, the command 'del' command removes files and directories. > However, on Unix systems, the standard command is 'rm'. Please read the > documentation for 'rm' before using it, as it can have dangerous > side-effects. To do so, issue the command > $ man rm > For quick reference, > $ rm -h > sufficies. > ****** DOS Conversion Guide ****** > Wil > -- > W. Reilly Cooley Red Hat 5.1/Linux 2.0.35 > Naked Ape Consulting FreeBSD 2.2.6 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] NetBSD/sun3 1.3.2 > http://www.nakedape.ml.org NetBSD/pmax 1.3.2 > ----- End forwarded message ----- > -- > David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw > Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org Andreas Jellinghaus writes: > great idea. go on and write that commands and do a package. > andreas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
