Re: Unix utilities available under DOS

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From: John Susag
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 00:00

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Check out DJGPP, it's a port of most UNIX (GNU) utilities,
including the bash shell, to 32-bit MS-DOS. Includes gcc and
g++. Check out www.delorie.com
>==========Scott Telford, 11/25/96==========
>
>In article <57bebl$sc6$1@newnews.mikom.csir.co.za>, Michael Moller
>(mmoller@mmoller.mikom.csir.co.za) 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.
>
>Rather you than me!
>
>Howver there already is a free (mostly) POSIX.2-compliant sh for DOS
>(and OS/2 and NT), and it's not bad.
>
>You'll find it at:
>ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/computing/systems/ibmpc/simtel/msdos/sysutil/
>ms_sh23[bs].zip
>
>and other good SIMTEL20 mirrors, I guess.
>
>-- 
>Scott Telford, Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre,      
><s.telford@ed.ac.uk>
>University of Edinburgh, Mayfield Rd, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, UK.(+44
>131 650 5978)
>"Is it a virus, a drug, or a religion?"  "What's the
>difference?" - Snow Crash

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From: John Susag <john.susag@minneapolismn.ncr.com>
Subject: Re: Unix utilities available under DOS
Date: 1996/11/25
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