Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 13:56:12 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: bash-2.04
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On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, mike friedrichs wrote:

> does this mean that bash 2.04 will run from dos(real mode) or dos (protected
> mode).

I don't understand the question.  DOS always runs in real mode.  All
DJGPP programs switch the CPU to protected mode in the startup code,
and switch it back to real mode when a DOS function is called.

> once you are in bash how do you do a directory; is it 'ls' or 'dir'.
> 
> I tried using 'ls' and 'dir' after running 'bash'. neither worked.

These commands are not built into Bash.  You need to install the port
of Fileutils (v2gnu/fil316b.zip) which has both `ls' and `dir'.

> i believe that bash actually calls 'command.com'; is this correct.

No, of course not.  Bash is a separate shell, it only calls
command.com if you need to run a batch file.