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From: tessler@dbase.UUCP (Steven Tessler)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: shell script program for pc
Message-ID: <288@dbase.UUCP>
Date: 14 Jan 88 01:09:12 GMT
References: <4242@watdcsu.waterloo.edu> <1248@cg-atla.UUCP>
Reply-To: tessler@dbase.UUCP (Steven Tessler)
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Organization: Ashton Tate Devlopment Center Glendale, Calif.
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In article <1248@cg-atla.UUCP> donovan@cg-atla.UUCP (Dennis Donovan X5176) writes:
>In article <4242@watdcsu.waterloo.edu> rhubbs@watdcsu.waterloo.edu (Robert (NetJunkie) Hubbs) writes:
>>Does any one have, or know of, a program that runs under DOS that will 
>>execute unix shell scripts. I have a large number of shell scripts that
>
>I have bought a book called "On Command: Writing a Unix-Like Shell for MS-DOS".
>by Allen Holub,  M&T Books, M&T Publishing.
>
>The book describes a shell that looks like a cross between sh and csh. It has
>things like alias and a history mechanism. It also has a script language
>that looks more like c-shell script than shell script.
>Disclaimer: The views expressed are my own, I doubt if CG really cares anyway.


Allen Holub's On Command (at least version 1) is not a true 
replacement for the Dos Command.com command interpreter.

On command does emulate c-shell but it resides on top of command.com.
And, it relies on command.com for loading and executing all .exe and .com
programs.