> * Create a new alternative shell, similar to COMMAND.COM but with expanded > BAT programming. creating a *new* command.com is a really idiotic idea. the existing freecom.com is stable, tested, and mostly bugfree. Why would someone even get the idea to create a *new* one (including investing the work) ?
however, teaching freecom.com new tricks would be welcome, even if pretty much nobody would ever know about and use them. > So like Windows's CMD.EXE with FOR /L and FOR /D and FOR /F etc? exactly. additionally, CMD.EXE has useful features like set /A count=%count% + 1 # arithmetics set W # list environment variables starting with W echo %date% # 14.12.2024 echo %date:~0,2%'th day of month %date:~3,2% in year %date:~6,4% # 14'th day of month 12 in year 2024 and probably many more. may I suggest in addition TYPE /B file1 >> file2 # append file1 to file2 *in BINARY mode, ignoring ^Z and CR/LF some (like the extended FOR options) may be more complicated, some fairly easy. of course, fixing one of the latest discovered freecom bugs (?) might also be nice; essentially fixing not well defined behaviour, similar to COPY File1+File2+File1 File1 i.e. reusing the output file for input after modifying it. would have to start with investigation on how other implementations (MSDOS,WINNT) handle this. Tom _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
