Robert Bull wrote to Ken Hrynchuk on 05-04-03 18:50:
 
 KH> Yes, it is, and I've noticed that some of the newer DOS programs that
 KH> I've tried don't seen to support F3, anymore. Since PKLITE worked on
 
 RB> At work I run a TSR called TODDY;
 
 RB> 6.15 doesn't have quite such good docs, hence two versions.  It
 RB> adds as much as I want of a 4DOS-like command line to a Win95 or
 RB> Win98 DOS box.  So far, F3 seems to have worked, though I more
 RB> often use the up arrow or tab command completion.  Seems to work,
 RB> and might be worth your while to try, especially as it's free and a
 RB> BFDS file.  ISTR Bat uses ALIAS, which is shareware I think, and
 RB> there are others.
 
Thanks for the info. on TODDY, Robert. I hadn't really contemplated
using a command line recall TSR, but the above does sound interesting.
 
 KH> That's for sure; I'm really sorry to hear that Allan's 'put it on the
 KH> back burner'. Maybe he's getting tired of trying to deal with LFN's
 KH> (an odious task, to say the least)? I would've liked to have seen an
 
 RB> It's possible, but seems to be uphill work.  My DOS editor VDE now
 RB> has limited support for LFNs, for example, and so do some of Eric
 RB> Meyer's other utilities like his ZIP PC-to-PC file transfer
 RB> program.
 
I really like ZIP; small, reliable; what more could you ask for? 
 
Maybe you're right; perhaps Allan's just tired of working on CTREE.
 
 KH> there'd be a 'clear cache' or 'invalidate cache' type of call, to
 KH> VCACHE (or, something along those lines). If there was, I'd guess that
 KH> writing the program would be relatively easy.
 
 RB> It might be worth asking Horst Schaeffer.  He now writes Win
 RB> programs too, and gets to grips with the Win API...
 
Hmm... the latest address I have for Horst is horst.schaeffer{at}gmx.net.
Does that look right?
 
   Ken
 
 
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