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From: rsellens@watdcsu.UUCP (Rick Sellens - Mech. Eng.)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Conch version 1.10 (a few fixes)
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Date: Fri, 18-Oct-85 10:10:26 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 18 10:10:26 1985
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Conch is an improved command shell for MS-DOS. Version 1.01 of the
program was posted to net.micro.pc a while ago. Version 1.10 is now
ready. It fixes a few bugs as noted below, and adds a simple Un*x
like ! feature. Please send me mail if you would like a copy of the
uuencoded binary. I will either mail it, or if there is sufficient demand
I will post it to the net.

Thanks to everyone for all the interest in Conch.


Notes on the Upgrade to Version 1.10
------------------------------------

The pending buffer will now maintain it's integrity during the addition
of a new vdev, rdev or alias. (Sorry, a minor oversight)

The command search routines now match DOS 3.0 + searching conventions
as I understand them.  If a command is provided with an extension,
Conch will look only for a command with that extension.  If the
command name is prefixed with a drive letter, Conch will look first
in the default directory of the specified drive and then down the
search path, if any.  If the command name is prefixed with a path
(anything containing a / or a \), Conch will search only the path
specified on the command line.

The critical error handling routine (.....error.... Abort, Retry, Ignore?)
was potentially flakey. This is now fixed. When a critical error abort
occurs you are returned to the Conch command line, rather than the DOS
command line.

For those with Un*x reflexes, Conch now checks for a command starting
with a ! and substitutes for it the most recent command that matches the
characters following the !. i.e. !cc will execute the most recent command
that starts with the letters "cc".



Rick Sellens
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