Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc:53813 comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer:2310 comp.os.msdos.apps:28 comp.os.msdos.misc:30 comp.os.msdos.programmer:63 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!husc6!m2c!umvlsi!umvlsi.ecs.umass.edu From: breck@umvlsi.ecs.umass.edu (William Breck) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer,comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: unix utils for dos - SUMMARY Message-ID: <1101@umvlsi.ecs.umass.edu> Date: 8 Jul 90 13:41:17 GMT Sender: breck@umvlsi.ecs.umass.edu Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst Lines: 91 Hello folks... Here is a summary of the responses I received. Mortice Kern Systems' product, MKS toolkit, was highly recommended. It contains a K-shell, which I'm told is an improved Bourne shell. Command line editing reportedly works with vi or emacs key bindings. The shell may act as a replacement for DOS's normal command.com. I was told that they also have products for BS/2. Oh, did I type a `B' instead of an `O'? ;-) One reply mentioned that the utilities were ported from System V3 and included a list of them: r.exe dc.exe id.exe pcat.exe sync.exe asa.exe dd.exe ident.exe pg.exe tail.exe awk.87 deroff.exe jobs.exe posixcon.exe tar.exe awk.exe dev.exe join.exe pr.exe tee.exe awkl.87 df.exe kill.exe prof.exe test.exe awkl.exe diff.exe lc.exe ps.exe time.exe banner.exe diff3.exe lex.exe pwd.exe touch.exe basename.exe dirname.exe line.exe rcs.exe tr.exe c.exe du.exe login.exe rcsclean.exe tty.exe cal.exe echo.exe logname.exe rcsdiff.exe uname.exe calendar.exe ed.exe look.exe rcsmerge.exe uncompre.exe cat.exe egrep.exe ls.exe rev.exe unexpand.exe cc.exe env.exe m4.exe rlog.exe uniq.exe cd.exe expand.exe mailx.exe rm.exe unpack.exe chmod.exe expr.exe make.exe rmdir.exe unstrip.exe ci.exe fg.exe merge.exe sed.exe uudecode.exe cmp.exe fgrep.exe mkdir.exe sh.exe uuencode.exe co.exe file.exe mktemp.exe size.exe validfna.exe comm.exe find.exe more.exe sleep.exe vi.exe compress.exe fmt.exe mv.exe sort.exe wc.exe cp.exe fold.exe nl.exe spell.exe which.exe cpio.exe getopt.exe nm.exe split.exe who.exe crypt.exe grep.exe od.exe strings.exe xargs.exe ctags.exe gres.exe pack.exe strip.exe yacc.exe cut.exe head.exe passwd.exe sum.exe date.exe help.exe paste.exe It is available from a mail-order firm, the Programmer's Shop, for about $229. Students are elegible for a discount. Another source said Univar, for $120... Mortice Kern Systems, Inc. Tel (519) 884-2251 35 King Street North FAX (519) 884-8861 Waterloo, Ontario, N2J 2W9 UUCP: uunet!watmath!mks!inquiry Canada Internet: inquiry@mks.com Compuserve User ID: 73260,1043 BIX User Name: mks Another product, C/utilities Toolchest, from Mix software includes a Bourne shell, utilities, C compiler and debugger and source. The price is rumored to be $20. Mix Software 1132 commerce Drive Richardson, TX 75081. 1-800-333-0330 Another reply touted PolyShell from Sage Software. They are reportedly about to drop the product, but have given the rights to the author, Pat Thompson, who will be selling it. It will soon be available for BS/2, as well. It is rumored to be better than MKS Utilities. There is a book available titled "OnCommand: Writing a Unix-Like Shell for MS-DOS" by Allen Holub. It includes a disk with a shell written by the author. The publisher is: M&T Publishing, Inc. 501 Galveston Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 Another netter recommended a pc bulletin board in the DC area that has loads of Unix and Unix-ported-to-DOS utilities. The board is 'Computer Connect', run by Bob Blacher @ (202) 547-2008. Finally, public domain versions of some utilities might be found in the simtel20 archives (simtel20.army.mil), available by anonymous ftp. An index is available. For an intro to the simtel20 see comp.sys.ibmpc.digest. Thanx to all of you who posted or emailed replies! If anyone is interested in archiving the replies or the summary, let me know and I'll email you a copy! Liam