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stefan.kapus@zetnet.co.uk (Stefan Kapusniak) writes:
> In article <57bebl$sc6$1@newnews.mikom.csir.co.za>,
> mmoller@mmoller.mikom.csir.co.za (Michael Moller) wrote:
> >On this note: Has anyone tried porting bash to dos?  If not why not?
> >I'd imagine that the executable would have to be smaller than 64k, but
> >even a watered-down bash would be an improvement over command.com.
> 
>  The Cygnus port of gcc to Win32, includes a bash port in the
>  distribution.  But that may not be what you're looking for given
>  that you'd need $$ MB of NT or Win95 to run it rather than DOS <g>
> 
>  I can never remember the url, something like:
> 
>  http://www.cygnus.com/cygwin-32

There's now an alpha port of bash to DJGPP under DOS. I haven't got
round to trying it yet, and it certainly won't replace
COMMAND.COM... You should load it in AUTOEXEC.BAT, after which you'll
get a fully Unix-like environment (with the DJGPP shell utilities
etc.). It's available on any site carrying DJGPP 2, including
SimTel.Net mirrors.

Stephen

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