-=> mark lewis wrote to Ben Ritchey <=-


 ml> 22 May 16 22:34, you wrote to All:

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

 ml> not really... what do you need to convert? bash is so much more
 ml> powerful than DOS bat files ever could be... 4DOS/4OS2/4NT helped those
 ml> scripts a lot but bash still has even them beat... i generally don't
 ml> try to convert but instead create anew completely within the new
 ml> paradigm...

My approach is to try and duplicate (or improve on) the functionality of the
batch files, rewriting from scratch in bash.  I used to like 4DOS, etc in the
day, but bash is my first preference these days, because of the power it has.


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