!DOSCom

Written by Tim Wiser
 1995 The Unbroken Circle

                                               
This program runs itself as soon as the Filer displays its icon. So, if
there's a nice little icon instead of the grotty Acorn 'application' icon,
DOSCom is active and you can launch into a extravaganza of typing weird and
wonderful MS-DOS commands at yout friendly Supervisor prompt.
Oh, I've not explained what DOSCom does. Whoops. Here goes ...

This application simply allows the basic commands used to move around UNIX,
MS-DOS and  AmigaDOS operating systems to be recognised by RISC OS.

For instance, to change directory from the command line in RISC OS you'd
normally type DIR.  However, on a PC you would type CD.  Users of FTP on the
Internet will find that this is  commonly used because most (if not all) FTP
sites are running UNIX which also uses this CD command.  

Got it? No? Let's give an example. If you type something like:

         CD $.GAMES  <Enter>
         
You would find yourself in the '$.Games' directory of your disc. 

DOSCom is currently under development and will support lots more commands in
future  releases which are inevitable. At the moment, the following commands
are recognised:

  CD   ----- Change directory
  DEL ------ Delete a file
  CHKDSK --- Verify a disc
  CHDIR ---- Change directory
  RMDIR ---- Delete a directory
  RD ------- Delete a directory (identical to RMDIR)
  DISKCOPY - Floppy to floppy disc copy
  XCOPY ---- Copy files
  C -------- Points to IDEFS::4

Using these commands means that you can type CD C:$ to change to the root
directory of the hard disc. Not exactly the same as CD C:\ but it's more
recognisable to the hardened DOS user than DIR IDEFS::4.$.

Unfortunately the more advanced 'switches' that these commands offer in
MS-DOS are not  recognised by DOSCom, so leave them out.


Legal: "Oooh, I think I'll let you copy this freely. But remember!
        I don't want to see any files altered or removed. OK?"

                      - Tim Wiser. Saturday, 26th August 1995.

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 In the future, obscure MS-DOS commands will be recognised.
 In the future, DOSCom will take over the world.
 In the future, Bill Gates will become bankrupt.

 The future's bright. The future's DOSCom.

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If you really want to contact me, please feel free to do so at the addresses below:

 Tim Wiser           Tim Wiser
 Cowgate Cottage     Computing department
 Lea Road            Oxford Brookes University
 Lea Bridge          Gipsy Lane
 Derbyshire          Headington
 DE4 5JL             Oxford
                     OX3 0BP

I regularly read the following newsgroups:

                    comp.sys.acorn
                    alt.hackers
                    alt.2600
                     

Until next time.
BCNU.
