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- From: jfreter@triton.unm.edu (The Myth)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
- Subject: Re: Command Recall programs
- Message-ID: <27kmt6g@lynx.unm.edu>
- Date: 26 Jul 92 21:29:14 GMT
- References: <5mVioB1w164w@infopls.chi.il.us> <1992Jul26.161044.18718@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>
- Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
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- In article <1992Jul26.161044.18718@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> axa12@po.CWRU.Edu (Ashok Aiyar) writes:
- >
- >In a previous article, eck@infopls.chi.il.us (John Eckert) says:
- >
- >>STACK.COM is a utility which saves your last 15 DOS commands for recall
- >>without re-typing.
- >>
- >>It works great! But it disables the buffers which DOS provides at F1 and
- >>F3.
- >>
- >>I want everything! I want STACK.COM *AND* F1 & F3!
- >>
- >>Is there a command-recall program which retains use of the F1 and F3
- >>buffers?
- >
- >MSDOS 5.0 comes with a TSR utility (DOSKEY.COM) that does precisely
- >that. I believe that DRDOS 6.0 has this built into the shell kernel.
- >
-
- There is an even better history option for dos. It's called 4DOS.com (ver
- 4.0) that is compatible with DOS 3.x-5.0, Dr DOS 5.0/6.0. It has a varible
- history size that can be set to remember as many commands that you would
- wish to use. f1/f3 aren't disabled, and the command-line editing is much
- more flexible than the standard DOS's. It will also complete filenames,
- match commands that you'd type previously with the same starting letter(s)
- (that is, if you'd be operating for hours at the command line running
- several commands, you can retreive any specific command easier than scrolling
- through a list). It supports aliases (much less disk space/RAM than batch
- files), has an enhanced, speedy batch language.
-
- This program also ships with Norton utilities as N-DOS. All it does is
- replace command.com and adds many features (the manual is about 400 pages)
- that aren't a standard part of MS DOS/DR DOS.
-