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Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 19:01:57 GMT
From: Frank Whaley <few@well.sf.ca.us>
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc
Subject: PORTTOOL.ZIP - 16 Unix-like tools ported to MS-DOS
Keywords: utility, unix
The file PORTTOOL.ZIP has been uploaded, and contains the following programs:
cat - concatenate files
chmod - change file modes
cp - copy files
date - display or set system date and time
du - disk usage
head - list top lines from files
ld - link editor emulator
ls - list directories
mv - move files
pr - print files
rm - remove files
strings - find printable strings in a file
tail - display the last part of a file
touch - update access and modification times of files
tr - translate characters
wc - word counter
I use these programs to assist me in porting applications between MS-DOS,
OS/2, and Unix. Used in concert with Data Logic's SH.EXE, Dennis Vadura's
DMAKE.EXE, and RCS, I can fool people into thinking that I'm using my PC
as a terminal connected to a Unix machine.
Where applicable, these programs provide sh-style file globbing (instead
of the standard DOS wildcard matching). I find this useful because they
are supposed to be Unix knockoffs. Both single- and double-quotes are
supported. Long argument lists (over 126 bytes) can be passed using
either the MKS(tm) method (arguments passed in the environment, also used
by DMAKE), or by specifying "@file" as the first argument, where "file"
contains the argument list.
I also include pre-formatted manual pages. A program like 'less' can
display these with bold and underlined text in colors. The 'pr' program
can print them nicely on a LaserJet. Each of these programs responds to
a "-h" argument by printing a short help message.
Regards,
Frank Whaley, Software Engineer
WordStar International
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