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Re: ex bloatware?

• Posted by Daniel Berstein <daber at PAIR.COM> Jun 21, 1998
• 807 views

-----Original Message-----
De: Andy Kurnia <akur at DELOS.COM>
Para: EUPHORIA at cwisserver1.mcs.muohio.edu
<EUPHORIA at cwisserver1.mcs.muohio.edu>
Fecha: domingo 21 de junio de 1998 7:06
Asunto: ex bloatware?



>ex.exe (2.0) is 176,417 bytes.


How many copies of ex.exe an all the include files can you put in a single
3.5" floppy? I don't think I need a ZIP or SeaQuest to transport these ;)

>Why not use this space (heh -- it even includes syntax highlighting with
>PRESET colors, which I hate... especially the string color green-on-white
>is unreadable) for something more useful like built-in delete [#41],
>rename/move [#56], mkdir [#39], rmdir [#3A], chdir [#3B], setfattr [#4301],
>setftime [#5701], disksize/diskfree [#36], lock/unlock [#5C],
>isdriveremoveable[#4408? not documented in DOSREF34.EXE ], exec without
>command.com [#4B], LFN functions [#71??], ...

Look at the Recent users contributions page... there's a file a posted
(dos.e) that gives much of functionality you're asking. You can also look
for Jacques Deschnes DOSWRAP.E.

Regards,
    Daniel   Berstein
    daber at pair.com