> IMHO, FreeDOS is a matter mostly of compatiblity and existing programs. > If you implement something new, it is not very likely that it will be > used. One reason being that making a program for FreeDOS that doesn't > workk on MS-DOS sounds like nonsense to me ;-)
That's not what I meant. You could still run the program on MS-DOS, but you would be able to pass a bigger commandline on FreeDOS with FreeCOM. Which there's nothing wrong with. > > (Provided you're calling other DJGPP programs, of course). FreeCOM > > could possibly support this way to improve compatibility with DJGPP > > apps. > > Same as above > IIRCm djgpp can simulate internaly the unix behaviour, including the > expanding of "*". This is important because it is needed for porting > *nix apps to dos. But it still has to pass arguments in a DOSy way, regardless. Maybe DJGPP apps have code that parses %CMDLINE% in their startup code? -- Fall is my favorite season in Los Angeles, watching the birds change color and fall from the trees. David Letterman (1947 - ) See ya Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
