From:	weiqigao AT crl DOT com (Weiqi Gao)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Install bash as DOS 6.22 shell
Date:	Fri, 22 Nov 1996 14:45:22 GMT
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I just downloaded the new port of bash from simtelnet.  I'm extremely
impressed by it (and all the other DJGPPish ports).

I'm planning on installing it as the default DOS shell for my DOS 6.22
machine.  I know I could experiment, but if there is a recommended way
of doing this, I would be glad to know.

Questions:
1. How would this affect the memory configuration of the system?
Would I have more/less/same amount of memory for running POD (Plain
Old DOS) programs (the 640K thing)?
2. How would this affect the environment space specified by DOS?
Would the PS1/HOME/SYSROOT/etc setting go into the 1K DOS Environment
space?  What about aliases?
3. Is there a general rule for where to put things?  (AUTOEXEC.BAT,
CONFIG.SYS, ~/.bash_profile/, etc.)

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Weiqi Gao
weiqigao AT crl DOT com

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