Intent to package: dos_conversion (Ease of Use aliases)
I've been meaning to cut my teeth on creating a Debian package for a
while now, and this seems like a simple enough thing to maintain for a
starting package, so I guess I'm volunteering to create this program and
package it up.
I've already thrown together a 1.0 version of dos_conversion (but not
packaged it, yet). If anyone would like to take a look at it (you know,
make suggestions, add commands, etc.), it can be had at
<URL:http://people.lanl.gov/neale/src/dos_conversion.tar.gz>.
It's just a perl script and a commands file (formatted a lot like a
mixture between a fortune cookie file and a Debian control file); a
whopping 1k compressed.
Neale
David Welton writes:
> This is an interesting idea proposed on the P(ortland [Oregon]) LUG
> mailing list. I do not have time, nor much interest in it, but... It
> might make an interesting package.. dos-wean, dos-compat... something
> like that? Anyway.. he gave me his permission to forward it here, so,
> have a look:->
> ----- Forwarded message from "W. Reilly Cooley, Esq." <wcooley@nakedape.ml.org> -----
> Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 12:39:53 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "W. Reilly Cooley, Esq." <wcooley@nakedape.ml.org>
> X-Sender: wcooley@rheingold
> To: linux <linux@alcpress.com>
> cc: PLUG <PLUG@northwest.com>
> Subject: RE: Ease of use
> On Tue, 4 Aug 1998, linux wrote:
>> Seasoned Linux enthusiasts should help provide newbies with
>> DOS-like aliases and scripts and ensure that they're safer
>> than those that newbies would develop on their own.
> Perhaps the best solution is to do something like Novell did in ver 4
> w.r.t. ver 3 commands--running the outdated command produces a message
> telling the user what the new command is. I thought it was obnoxious when
> Novell did it because they seemed to change the command names for no good
> reason. In this case, however, I don't think it is inappropriate. The
> user will issue the commands he is used to and be pointed to correct
> commands, while not becoming dependent on non-standard compatibility
> scripts.
> z.B.:
> $ del
> ****** DOS Conversion Guide ******
> Under DOS, the command 'del' command removes files and directories.
> However, on Unix systems, the standard command is 'rm'. Please read the
> documentation for 'rm' before using it, as it can have dangerous
> side-effects. To do so, issue the command
> $ man rm
> For quick reference,
> $ rm -h
> sufficies.
> ****** DOS Conversion Guide ******
> Wil
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Andreas Jellinghaus writes:
> great idea. go on and write that commands and do a package.
> andreas
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