>> To be completely honest, please don't take this the wrong way, but >> some of those I literally never use (or can't remember how!): >> >> * append >> * assign [...] > The idea of BASE is to provide at least clones of all commands that > MS DOS users had in their standard installation of MS DOS, while of > course not limiting ourself to that list. You are right that some > tools are less frequently used but almost everything in your list > actually is useful for me...
The important part is that BASE is supposed to replicate the behavior of MSDOS. FreeDOS is a free DOS-compatible operating system for IBM-PC compatible systems. So while you may not use some of the programs in BASE, they are included for a reason: for DOS legacy. We have dropped only a few truly "relic" commands that were deemed to have no value. For example: Backup/Restore was a moving target in MSDOS anyway, so was not part of FreeDOS. Similarly, Recover dropped was because there are a variety of free disk recovery programs already available. Also, we have allowed some of the command names in BASE to change from their original MSDOS counterparts, but the functionality of the original MSDOS command is still there (often expanded in FreeDOS.) As I've written elsewhere, we need to avoid making dramatic & sweeping changes to FreeDOS 1.1. I'm in favor of completely opening up FreeDOS 2.0 for major change - and I think we *should* redefine what a modern DOS should look like in "2.0". But FreeDOS 1.1 needs to be essentially an update of "1.0", using the software list as a guide. -jh ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AppSumo Presents a FREE Video for the SourceForge Community by Eric Ries, the creator of the Lean Startup Methodology on "Lean Startup Secrets Revealed." This video shows you how to validate your ideas, optimize your ideas and identify your business strategy. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appsumosfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
