Eben King wrote:
> ?? COMMAND.COM is the shell, some hidden files (IBM???.COM in IBMDOS,
> something else in MSDOS) comprise the "kernel". The shell is not usually
> replaced but can be. See NDOS.COM (part of Norton Utilities, or it used to
> be).
Hm? I didn't know that!...:) All this time I
thought command.com was the kernel...LOL...Learn
something everyday...
>>but now I see the shells are programs that interface to the kernel...
>
>
> Other programs do that too. Any time a program asks to open a file, or wait
> for a keypress, or draw a character on the screen it could validly be said
> to "interface to the kernel". I don't know of a qualitative difference that
> makes one program a shell and another not, except for design intent.
True.
> I used to use (pd)ksh, because ksh was on the computers at work and I wanted
> a similar environment at home, but now I use bash.
I red bash seems to be standard on most linux
distros so I'll look into that one first...:)
So many choices....not used to that...lol
Chris
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