https://github.com/FDOS/freecom
FreeDOS Command Shell (command.com)
https://github.com/FDOS/freecom
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FreeDOS Command Shell (command.com)
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/FDOS/freecom
- Owner: FDOS
- License: gpl-2.0
- Created: 2018-02-02T15:34:37.000Z (over 8 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2024-11-02T16:18:37.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-11-02T17:21:39.445Z (over 1 year ago)
- Language: C
- Homepage: http://www.freedos.org/
- Size: 2.97 MB
- Stars: 155
- Watchers: 20
- Forks: 38
- Open Issues: 32
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: license
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README
# FreeCom - The DOS Command Line Interface #
********************************************
Source code distribution of FreeCOM - a Command line interface
program, which substitutes COMMAND.COM
[](../../actions)
## About ##
This software is part of the FreeDOS project.
Please visit the freedos web page at http://www.freedos.org/ for more information about FreeDOS.
FreeCOM implements the command processor for the DOS kernel. It is usually the first program started by the kernel and provides a command line interface to interactively run other DOS programs.
Additionally, FreeCOM implements a BATCH file processor allowing scripting of commands as well. See http://help.fdos.org/en/hhstndrd/batch/index.htm for more help with batch commands.
## More information ##
[Changes since last official release](https://github.com/FDOS/freecom/commits/master)
[How to compile FreeCOM](docs/compile.txt)
## Bugs and Help ##
The COMMAND.COM web site (including source hosting) is at
https://github.com/FDOS/freecom
Bugs may be filed at https://github.com/FDOS/freecom/issues
or you may send any bug reports, comments or other info to the
one of the FreeDOS mailing lists. For subscription and archives, see:
http://www.freedos.org/forums/
This software has been developed by many people. Older changes are listed along with who provided the change within docs/HISTORY.TXT file and more recent changes can be seen with git log (HISTORY.TXT is only updated periodically).
Please note that this software is separate from the DOS-C kernel and
is intended to be compatible with a variety of kernels that implement the DOS API (i.e. it should run on FreeDOS DOS-C kernel and on other DOS kernels such as Microsoft's DOS).
## Installation ##
To use this shell, just run the COMMAND.COM file.
You can also add this to your CONFIG.SYS file:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SHELL=
e.g.
SHELL=C:\FREEDOS\COMMAND.COM /P
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
See http://help.fdos.org/en/hhstndrd/command.htm for description of command line options.
## Current Features ##
- environment handling with prompt and path support
- directory utilities
- command-line history with doskey-like features + filename completion (TAB)
- batch file processing
- input/output redirection and piping
- loadhigh support
- alias support
- flow control (IF, FOR, GOTO, labels)
- support for error and other messages in multiple languages