Minor update 1.8a (last one for a while)
https://github.com/FDOS/xcopy
https://github.com/FDOS/xcopy/releases/download/v1.8a/xcopy18a.zip
Further reduce stack usage on recursive xcopy. Using Tom's example
C:\1\2\3\...\d\e\f\... a quick test worked for as deep as FreeCom
allowed to create a nested
Thank you!
Jeremy
On Fri, Mar 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM tom ehlert via Freedos-devel
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> Hallo Herr tom ehlert via Freedos-devel,
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> am Donnerstag, 27. März 2025 um 17:56 schrieben Sie:
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> > Hallo Herr Fritz Mueller via Freedos-devel,
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> > am Donnerstag, 27. März 2025 um 17:51 schrieben Sie:
On Wed, Mar 26, 2025, 5:09 PM wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM Wilhelm Spiegl
> wrote:
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> > Hi,
> > thanks, move works fine now.
> > But what about xcopy which reports the same bug?
> >
> > --
>
> Had time to apply an update, see:
> https://github.com/FDOS/xcopy/
> https://github.com/
On Mon, Mar 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM tom ehlert via Freedos-devel
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> Hi,
>
...
> attached is the source for move35, which is move34, and Fritz' issue
> with >2G files fixed. it has NO binary, because move34.zip doesn't compile
> "out of the box", but relies on external files (..\tinyprf.c and .
On Sun, Mar 23, 2025 at 8:38 AM Jerome Shidel via Freedos-devel
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> > On Mar 22, 2025, at 10:55 PM, perditionc--- via Freedos-devel
> > wrote:
> >
> > A new release of move is available which greatly reduces (but does not
> > eliminate it) when a stac
On Fri, Mar 21, 2025 at 10:42 AM tom ehlert via Freedos-devel
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...
> I just recently stumbled upon the same issue, from the same author, in MOVE
> where recursion works the same.
>
> where it "works" with a stack setting of 2K.
>
> It works because MOVE was compiled with TC which locates
On Fri, Mar 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM Bernd Böckmann via Freedos-devel
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> While testing v1.7, I noticed that XCOPY creates a directory hierarchy at the
> target when called with parameter -L.
>
> Is this intended behavior? According to the usage info, -L means: „List files
> without copying th
XCOPY Version 1.8 published
https://github.com/FDOS/xcopy/releases/download/v1.8/xcopy18.zip
It implements two changes to reduce stack overflows - it does not
eliminate it as that would require further review of other stack
variables used. The overall stack size increased slightly and the
reducti
Thanks for looking into it. I will have a look at Watcom build and see why
it's not patching header.
Jeremy
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On Mon, Feb 17, 2025, 6:07 PM Victoria Crenshaw via Freedos-devel <
[email protected]> wrote:
> I love this for testing!! We should test an newer kernel too lime thr git
> version i foubd some problems with it. I cannot describe it yet but I'll
> let you know
>
A new kernel won'
On Mon, Feb 17, 2025, 11:44 AM Paul Dufresne via Freedos-devel <
[email protected]> wrote:
> Now that I see that FreeCOM wants to have a different memory model for
> fix_strings.c...
> I now realized I don't really knows if: Is it ok to mix different memory
> model inside a DOS
Note these questions most likely have already been answered and/or are in
my mailbox or on github or gitlab, but I'm going to be lazy and ask here
anyway. Feel free to ignore, I'll find them.
country.sys, are there pending changes not already merged with source
included in kernel git or does it j
yes.
On Mon, Sep 30, 2024, 11:02 AM Victoria Crenshaw via Freedos-devel <
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> https://github.com/FDOS/kernel is it this? i just want to make sure for
> testing reasons
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te? I can
> update the old news item, or I can delete that one and add a new item.
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> Jim
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>
> On Sun, Sep 8, 2024 at 2:18 PM perditionc--- via Freedos-devel
> wrote:
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> > For further review and feedback - format 0.92a (this is a test release).
> >
>
For further review and feedback - format 0.92a (this is a test release).
https://github.com/FDOS/format/releases/tag/v0.92a
- fix failure formatting on first diskette access (GitHub issue #5)
- initial translated message support; currently supports most of
messages in FR and TR (some have been ad
This is something that should work. I will have to look into it and see
why it doesn't work. I have a few ideas, but am working this weekend so
may be a few days before I can look into it. I'm currently trying to track
down an unrelated stack trashing issue in some kernel changes related to
flo
Version 1.7 released
https://github.com/FDOS/xcopy/releases/tag/v1.7
- really fix timestamp bug (hopefully), delays updating timestamp
until after copy complete
- fix sourceforge bug# 178, allow switches specified without spaces between them
- fix /D: to work skip older files than date even if no f
On Wed, Aug 7, 2024 at 11:11 PM wrote:
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> On Tue, Aug 6, 2024, 4:48 AM Ben Russell via Freedos-devel
> wrote:
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>> On 06/08/2024 04:55, Wilhelm Spiegl via Freedos-devel wrote:
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>> I just stumbled over this old bug report referring to xcopy:
>>
>> https://sourceforge.net/p/freedos/bugs/346/
>
>
> ...
> *We're all volunteers, if you see a new version of a program and no one is
> talking about it, share that news on the email list.
> ...
>
I published a new version of format to fix the couple bugs reported and
finally got around to merging a pull request adding 128KB cluster support.
ht
>
>
> tree: do not know the actual situation, I got a promise that someone will
> check whats the matter.
>
> xcopy version 1.4 or 1.5? See discussion at FD mailing list or bttr.
>
> ...
>
tree is on my todo list, I need to make sure latest version is in the
FreeDOS distribution. Github/FDO
On Tue, Aug 6, 2024, 4:48 AM Ben Russell via Freedos-devel <
[email protected]> wrote:
> On 06/08/2024 04:55, Wilhelm Spiegl via Freedos-devel wrote:
>
> I just stumbled over this old bug report referring to xcopy:
>
> https://sourceforge.net/p/freedos/bugs/346/
>
> It is still a
On Mon, Jun 3, 2024, 6:26 PM Eric Auer via Freedos-devel <
[email protected]> wrote:
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> Hi Jim,
>
> from an engineering point of view, I would say LBA avoids
> problems related to mismatching CHS geometries on different
> computers, so I still prefer the MANUAL method where user
On Sun, Jun 2, 2024, 12:25 PM Jerome Shidel via Freedos-devel <
[email protected]> wrote:
> Glad you got it working Jim.
>
> So, for fixing the issue…
>
> It would be possible to add an additional screen to the installer
> (probably only advanced mode) to use the /FORCE:CHS optio
On Sun, Jun 2, 2024, 8:05 AM Bernd Böckmann via Freedos-devel <
[email protected]> wrote:
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> > but then I realized that since it doesn't know about it, it doesn't
> actually get the full line. It does only see the first 127 characters,
> > which is why you can get odd errors eve
On Sat, Feb 17, 2024 at 9:09 AM Wilhelm Spiegl via Freedos-devel
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> Hi Jim,
> thanks for your response. Xcopy is not the only thing, maybe you remember
> tree 3.72 in this forum?
>
...
>
> tree: do not know the actual situation, I got a promise that someone will
> check whats the matter.
On Sun, Feb 4, 2024, 7:39 AM roytam--- via Freedos-devel <
[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> perditionc--- via Freedos-devel
> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, Feb 4, 2024, 6:32 AM Eric Auer via Freedos-devel <
> [email protected]
On Sun, Feb 4, 2024, 6:32 AM Eric Auer via Freedos-devel <
[email protected]> wrote:
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> Hi Jim,
>
> > I'm glad you're bringing this conversation back to freedos-devel ..
> > because this is a good place to discuss FreeDOS things.
>
> In related news, the dosemu2 people also find
On Wed, Nov 8, 2023 at 3:21 AM Walter Oesch via Freedos-devel <
[email protected]> wrote:
> I want to build the FreeDOS Kernel.
> I use Dosbox in Ubuntu Linux and watcom comiler from FreeDOS, version 1.9.
>
> I changed config.b to use watcom and copied to config.bat, then start w
I will look into it.
Jeremy
On Wed, Aug 2, 2023, 12:07 PM Wilhelm Spiegl via Freedos-devel <
[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I just worked on checking tree 3.7.2 - it is a little bit tricky. The
> source code of 3.7.2 seems to be identical with 3.7.1, but the .exe is
>
On Sun, Jul 23, 2023, 7:54 AM Liam Proven via Freedos-devel <
[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Jul 2023 at 02:52, Paul Edwards via Freedos-devel
> wrote:
> >
> > My main interest is using Freedos+HX as a substitute for Windows 95.
>
> AFAICS you never explain. What is "HX"
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