March 29, 201313 yr I have used TCC in the past when it was called 4dos. Today it's a rich environment for scripting in Windows. I was having problems getting a dir listing that I could import into a log file, and it has so many more options that I was glad to be reunited with it. There is a free version, and a paid more complete environment. Is anyone familiar with it? From their website : http://jpsoft.com/ Take Command is designed for Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Server 2012, and is available in 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Take Command combines the best features of the GUI and character-mode interfaces. You can have multiple console applications open in tabbed windows, with a Windows Explorer-like interface available for those times when you need a visual look at your folders.
March 29, 201313 yr I used it years ago. Loved it. Then I discovered UNIX. When OS/2 was big there was a GNU layer and I made my OS/2 machine work like a unix machine with REXX enhancements. Today there is Cygwin. If I were still programming in DOS/Windows, I would probably be using TCC, but my heart would still be with UNIX and Cygwin.
March 29, 201313 yr Author I had my OS/2 days too. It had so much promise, but by ver 4 I was returning to Windows because apps never materialized for OS/2. It's amazing the staying power of trash with a good app environment. (it will take the iphone a few years to die too) ;-) Never went Unix as I was never that much of a geek. Buffalo Linkstations introduced me to Linux, and unRaid just intensified it. Now I'm figuring out how to root my android phones. I guess ??nix at long last will rule the world.
March 30, 201313 yr One of those shareware programs that was worth registering. thumbs up to Take Command and the original 4DOS! I even have a Take Command for OS2 and 4OS/2 PB
March 30, 201313 yr I had my OS/2 days too. It had so much promise, but by ver 4 I was returning to Windows because apps never materialized for OS/2. It's amazing the staying power of trash with a good app environment. (it will take the iphone a few years to die too) ;-) Never went Unix as I was never that much of a geek. Buffalo Linkstations introduced me to Linux, and unRaid just intensified it. Now I'm figuring out how to root my android phones. I guess ??nix at long last will rule the world. Android isn't really *nix in the sense that Linux, BSD, Solaris etc. are. It uses this Linux kernel but everything runs in a modified Java VM. The iPhone actually runs an OS that is based on BSD.
March 30, 201313 yr Was a big fan of 4dos back in the day - had no idea they were still around or had any sort of product offering. Colour me intrigued!
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