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Operating system: DOS: 4DOS/4NT: What is 4DOS and 4NT?
Nov 25th, 2006 12:43
Knud van Eeden,
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--- Knud van Eeden - 9 November 2001 - 10:22 pm ----------------------
Operating system: DOS: 4DOS/4NT: What is 4DOS/4NT?
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'For MSDOS' (=4DOS) on Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME
or
'for NT' (=4NT)
on Microsoft Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista
is a command shell similar to
Microsoft MSDOS.
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History:
Created by Rex Conn (USA) in 1988.
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It has all the commands of MSDOS (like DIR, MKDIR, SET, ...) as it is
just an extra shell around MSDOS itself, plus a lot more (just type
'help' on the 4DOS/4NT command line to see all the commands available
and information about them)
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It will e.g. save you a lot of typing (possibly 80 to 90% less), works
very smooth, robust, stable and without errors, and makes automating
and working on the DOS command line a real joy. Once you start to use
and like it, it is or might be unlikely you will ever return to the
more spartan MSDOS, if you do not have to (like driving in a Porsche).
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The advantage of using 4DOS is that it is full with very handy built-in
utilities (as e.g. in the UNIX or LINUX shell):
-filename and command completion (you type the first characters of that
filename or command, the programs adds the rest of them automatically
if you type <TAB>)
-history of typed commands with popup overview
-colors for the files you use (like when you do DIR)
-built-in functions (like @LFN and @SFN to see the long/short filename)
-aliases (you think of a shortname or abbreviation for a command, and
if you type that much shorter name, it is the same as typing that
whole and possibly cumbersome to remember other full command. Meaning
less typing and thus less possible errors)
...
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4DOS is designed for Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME
4NT is designed for Microsoft Windows NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista
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To install 4DOS or 4NT, download it from jpsoft, unzip that zipfile,
and run the setup file
[Internet: see:
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/12704/fid/936]
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To run MSDOS, you could type the command 'command.com' in
Windows95/98/ME and also XP,
or 'cmd.exe' in WindowsNT/2000/XP/Vista
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To run 4DOS, if installed and in the PATH, you could type the
command '4dos.com' in Windows95/98/ME
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To run 4NT, if installed and in the PATH, you could type the
command '4nt.exe' in WindowsNT/2000/XP/Vista.
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Type the command
help
on the 4NT/4DOS command line to get more information
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Internet: see also:
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Operating system: Microsoft Windows: 4NT/4DOS: Link: Can you give an
overview of links?
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/43269/fid/936
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