Steven wrote:
>ls is the equivalent of dir (in fact many Linux distributions
>accept dir as a command)
"ls -l" is the same as dir. ls is the same as dir/w
You can (often?) add "--color" to the command and that will make it much
easier to see what thing is which. (simular to the program "hdir").
>Moving round the directories is similar to DOS. For example
>"cd .." is exactly the same. Here's a quick rundown of some
>directories:
Just remember that the space is a must in most Linux shells. cd.. and cd ..
arden't the same.
>> or edit anything. If I do stumble on a command to edit
>> something I can't get out of the editor except by manual
>> reboot.
Try CTRL-C to abort a program.
>I agree with you on this one. The standard Linux editor
>(vi) is diabolical. Horrible, horrible, horrible. Just
>say "no" to vi. Fortunately, there are plenty of other
>editors that can be used. Pico, ae, ee and the mc editor
>are all MUCH easier to use than vi.
>
>> Why hasn't someone written a guide that compares linux
>> for M$ users??
>
>It's been done and is included with all the main Linux
>distributions. See: DOStoLinux-HOWTO
But IMO that Howto isn't very good. I recently (yesterday) sent a mail to
the author complaining.
>The equivalent to the autoexec.bat is the rc scripts.
>They also live in the /etc directory.
They are in /etc/rc/ aren't they?
>"edit _____" works if edit has been aliased to an available
>editor. Otherwise: "pico ____" or "ae _____" or "ee ____"
>depending on which editor is available. Or you can use
>mc (midnight commander).
MC Edit can easily be started with "mcedit file" but I would suggest that
you download and install SetEdit instead.
(http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Vista/6552/setedit.html#download)
But then you will need to be able to reach the floppy (or get Internet
access) and be able to use "tar" so that might not be the easiest thing to
do. "man mount" and "man tar" should provide help.
>> If DOS instructions were this arcane
>
>They are.
There are less commands in DOS so it's not as complicated as Linux. And the
case sensitivity is somewhat complicated (along with LFN).
>Actually the "arcane" DOS commands is the reason
>"everyone" uses Windows.
And perhaps it's much because of the hype.
//Bernie
http://hem1.passagen.se/bernie/index.htm DOS programs, Star Wars ...
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