CMD.EXE replacement?

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I read some time back that Microsoft was working on a replacement for cmd.exe
that would ship with a future version of Windows. I assume that if they did
something like this that it would be more full featured like a Bash or the
korn shell on Unix. Does anyone know anything about this? Was it just
unsubstantiated gossip or is this something legitimate that Microsoft is
really doing?
 
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I read some time back that Microsoft was working on a replacement
for cmd.exe that would ship with a future version of Windows. I
assume that if they did something like this that it would be more
full featured like a Bash or the korn shell on Unix. Does anyone
know anything about this? Was it just unsubstantiated gossip or is
this something legitimate that Microsoft is really doing?
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Not gossip, but you'll have some while yet waiting for it.

Discussed here a while back. Someone will recall when and more details
than I do. Search at MS on "monad"
 
Hello, megascout29:
On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 16:49:02 -0800: you wrote...

m> I read some time back that Microsoft was working on a replacement for
m> cmd.exe that would ship with a future version of Windows. I assume that
m> if they did something like this that it would be more full featured like
m> a Bash or the korn shell on Unix. Does anyone know anything about this?
m> Was it just unsubstantiated gossip or is this something legitimate that
m> Microsoft is really doing?

The Microsoft Shell is in development for Longhorn (runs on XP too) using
the .NET beta 2. I haven't had the time to really get into it but it's the
best of many worlds and will be familiar to C# enthusiasts. I think there's
a video or two somewhere at http://channel9.msdn.com

Regards, Paul R. Sadowski [MVP].
 
I read some time back that Microsoft was working on a replacement for cmd.exe
that would ship with a future version of Windows. I assume that if they did
something like this that it would be more full featured like a Bash or the
korn shell on Unix. Does anyone know anything about this? Was it just
unsubstantiated gossip or is this something legitimate that Microsoft is
really doing?
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Search the Internet for "longhorn monad"; have a look at
<http://weblogs.asp.net/jnadal/archive/2003/10/29/34413.aspx>.
 
On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 20:23:32 -0500, "Paul R. Sadowski [MVP]"

[snip]
The Microsoft Shell is in development for Longhorn (runs on XP too) using
the .NET beta 2. I haven't had the time to really get into it but it's the
best of many worlds and will be familiar to C# enthusiasts. I think there's
a video or two somewhere at http://channel9.msdn.com
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The link is
mms://wm.microsoft.com/ms/msnse/0410/23360/JeffreySnover/jeffrey_snover_2004_demonstration_of_monad.wmv
or
<http://download.microsoft.com/downl...effrey_snover_2004_demonstration_of_monad.wmv>
or at <http://msdn.microsoft.com/theshow/episode043/default.asp>.

You "haven't had the time to really get into it" and you already
conclude: "but it's the best of many worlds". Remarkable.
 
megascout29 said:
I read some time back that Microsoft was working on a replacement for cmd.exe
that would ship with a future version of Windows. I assume that if they did
something like this that it would be more full featured like a Bash or the
korn shell on Unix. Does anyone know anything about this? Was it just
unsubstantiated gossip or is this something legitimate that Microsoft is
really doing?
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Am looking for one.

Does this do ANSI.SYS?

Does it allow separate FCB and FILES settings for separate running
instances?

Thanks.

Sam
 
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