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to: MAURICE KINAL
from: TONY LANGDON
date: 2016-05-23 16:26:00
subject: Re: Conversion

-=> Maurice Kinal wrote to Ben Ritchey <=-

 MK> -={ Sunday, 22 May 2016, 23:45:04 -0500 }=-

 MK> Hey Ben!

 BR> Anyone know of a good reference/tutorial on converting DOS/Wins
 BR> batch files to bash scripts?

 MK> I doubt such a thing exists given that bash scripts and batch files are
 MK> entirely different animals.  However there does exist a great
 MK> reference/tutorial on bash scripting called "Advanced Bash-Scripting
 MK> Guide" and can be located at;

 MK>   http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/

There's a few good Bash tutorials.  A quick Google will reveal them.  Try one
or two.  Even though I've been writing scripts for over 15 years, I still
occasionally look the references and tutorials up, when doing something
different.

 MK> I heard a rumour that the last maintainer quit due to utter disgust
 MK> with Windows people looking for assistance for their bash ports to
 MK> Windows.  If true all I have to say is, "The heathen bastards!!!"
 :::evil grin:::

 MK> BTW what is wrong with posting such a request in TUXPOWER?

Plwase do, it's pretty quiet in there. :)


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