Un*x-like shell for MSDOS?

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Howdy. :-) Is there a Un*x-like shell,
such as ksh, csh, et al, for DOS? (Well,
okay, MSDOS under Windows.)
 
anon said:
Howdy. :-) Is there a Un*x-like shell,
such as ksh, csh, et al, for DOS? (Well,
okay, MSDOS under Windows.)
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Many will suggest www.cygwin.com, which is great.
However, that may be overkill.
CygWin is a complete UNIX emulator, and even included X-Windows.

But, it you only want a shell or other individual UNIX commands,
do a google search on"UNIX utilities for DOS".

This site came up at the top and looks good:
http://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/unix.html
 
anon said:
Howdy. :-) Is there a Un*x-like shell,
such as ksh, csh, et al, for DOS? (Well,
okay, MSDOS under Windows.)
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ftp://jpsoft.com/4dos/files/

Might be OK? Not really UNIX, but much better than standard command.com
 
Gerry said:
Many will suggest www.cygwin.com, which is great.
However, that may be overkill.
CygWin is a complete UNIX emulator, and even included X-Windows.
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A Cygwin installation is completely customizable at install time,
you can select just those components needed for a decent working
bash shell.

Regards,
Wald
 
It happens that anon formulated :
Howdy. :-) Is there a Un*x-like shell,
such as ksh, csh, et al, for DOS? (Well,
okay, MSDOS under Windows.)
Click to expand...

If you are thinking about a shell for Windows 9x, I would recommend
4DOS which is free now. 4NT is the still commercial product for Windows
2000/XP/2003. It isn't like Unix shells, but better in a Windows
environment IMHO. You can even do direct file I/O in a script and has
tons of other features.

www.jpsoft.com

Toad
 
anon said:
Howdy. :-) Is there a Un*x-like shell,
such as ksh, csh, et al, for DOS? (Well,
okay, MSDOS under Windows.)
Click to expand...

Please take a look at Hamilton C shell
(http://www.hamiltonlabs.com/cshell.htm), a complete recreation of the
UNIX csh and utilities. I am the author, so if you have questions, let
me know and I'll do my best to answer.

Regards,
Nicole Hamilton
Hamilton Laboratories
 
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