Caldera DOS

[Simon Elliott]

Where can I find documentation on the Caldera DOS shell supplied with
W2K? It seems to have quite a few features over and above the MS DOS
shells I know from the Olden Days.

I'm particularly interested in discovering whether Caldera DOS has any
file name completion features, ie you type in part of a file name and by
pressing some key combination the shell completes the file name for you.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Where can I find documentation on the Caldera DOS shell supplied with
W2K? It seems to have quite a few features over and above the MS DOS
shells I know from the Olden Days.

I'm particularly interested in discovering whether Caldera DOS has any
file name completion features, ie you type in part of a file name and by
pressing some key combination the shell completes the file name for you.

File & directory name completion is available in the standard Command
Processor under Win2000, when you invoke it with the /Fn switch. This
switch is fully documented and is visible when you type "cmd /?".

 

[Simon Elliott]

File & directory name completion is available in the standard Command
Processor under Win2000, when you invoke it with the /Fn switch. This
switch is fully documented and is visible when you type "cmd /?".

Excellent. Thanks for the info.

 

[Ricardo M. Urbano - W2K/NT4 MVP]

Where can I find documentation on the Caldera DOS shell supplied with
W2K? It seems to have quite a few features over and above the MS DOS
shells I know from the Olden Days.

I'm particularly interested in discovering whether Caldera DOS has any
file name completion features, ie you type in part of a file name and by
pressing some key combination the shell completes the file name for you.

Just curious, but where did you find Caldera DOS w/ W2K? Why would MS
package a non MS DOS w/ their OS??

I know PowerQuest's drive imaging utilities come w/ Caldera DOS. Is
that what you were referring to?

 

[Simon Elliott]

Just curious, but where did you find Caldera DOS w/ W2K? Why would MS
package a non MS DOS w/ their OS??

I know PowerQuest's drive imaging utilities come w/ Caldera DOS. Is
that what you were referring to?

I'm sure I read this somewhere, but now I can't find a reference
anywhere. Apologies if I'm propagating an urban legend!