On Wed, Dec 15, 1999 at 02:46:29PM -0600, Alan Mead wrote:
> I need to use Windows 95/98 (actually, DOS as much as possible) for some
> things at work but DOS is driving me nuts.  For example, I like vi but even
> v5.5 of VIM truncates the filename to the mangled 8.3 format (unless I type
> in the whole file name-- and I have no file name completion).  Has anyone
> had any luck with alternate (free or cheap) command shells or running Linux
> in a Windows window (that's what this "Winlinux" stuff is about, yes?)?  I
> cannot tell but I think I'm using the DOS fs and I also need to be able to
> access a Novell 3.12 (soon 5.x) share.

Have you looked at the DJGPP environment?

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Steve Borho                       Voice:  314-615-6349
Network Engineer
Celox Communications Corp

Fortune of the day:
Common sense is the most evenly distributed quantity in the world.
Everyone thinks he has enough.
        -- Descartes, 1637


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