From: weiqigao AT crl DOT com (Weiqi Gao)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Bash and less questions.
Date: Fri, 06 Dec 1996 20:58:31 GMT
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praxis_beta AT juno DOT com (Bruce A Locke) wrote:

>I'm sorry to ask stupid questions like this but I have just completed the
>process of getting a new e-mail account so I lost a few day's worth of
>e-mail in the interm.  *8-)

>My questions is:  

>There is a BASH shell for DOS?
>If so, why?  Just for the fun of it or is their a real need for it?

Yes, the bash shell has been ported to DOS.

The most obvious reason for having a bash shell is to run all the sh
scripts out there, thus easing the porting pain of Unix programs to
DOS.

The porting process must have been fun.  Using it certainly is.

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