Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 16:24:48 -0500 From: jlewis1957@netscape.net (Jeff Lewis) To: pstal@it.teithe.gr (P Stalidis) Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Batch Translation Message-ID: <2C80B6FE.7B258810.0F75C5EC@netscape.net>
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P Stalidis <pstal@it.teithe.gr> wrote: >I remember 5 or 6 years ago a friend of mine had made himself csh >scripts with MS-DOS names and syntax that would do the same thing as in >dos. He then put them in a folder and added it in his path. So whenever >he wrote something that would be correct for MS-DOS command.com his unix >system would run it... >The bad thing is that I have lost touch with him.... but you can do that >yourself and I suppose that your old MS-DOS scripts will be available >again. Of course you will learn how to make bash or csh or sh or zsh or >whatever shell scripts in the proccess and probably the consumed time >will be greater than to write all your dos scripts again. That's kind of like running bash scripts on my XP box using CygWin. Actually, I'm looking for something more like this: DOS BSD ------------------------------ ------------------------------ List the directory contents dir ls dir /s (include subdirectories) ls -R (lists recursively) Just an idea. Jeff __________________________________________________________________ Switch to Netscape Internet Service. As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp
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