FDS - a free command interpreter for FreeDOS

Welcome to the home page of the FDS command interpreter!

Here you will find all the information that you need about thisnewcommand interpreter and you will be able to download the program and it'ssource code. The program and it's code is free to all, at not charge accordingto the GPL. You can find a copy of this license at http://www.gnu.org.

FDShell features:

Fully compatible with other command interpreters on the "market". All the known commands rewritten as you already know. Can run BATCH files. Supports batch nesting (unlimited nesting).
Built in support for enhached BTM files.
Command line editing: you can edit the command line (back-space, delete,move with the cursors) and even COPY and paste from Windows
History: You can view the latest commands you typed and re-run then again.Supports also UNIX history (!dir will execute the latest command that startswith dir).
Support for mouse: After you typed "dir" at the command prompt, you canjust click the file you want to execute it!!!
Supports LFN (Windows 95 long file names), even under pure DOS. There are special commands for LFN that will works under pure DOS: LDIR, LCOPY etc.The same command starting with "L" at the beginning.
Low memory usage: DOS 16bit uses less then 1K memory!!! All the programs swapped from conventional memory, leaving you all the memory you needfor your programs/games.

This is a developer release. Not all the features are enabled yet.

News:

13-6-2001: first release binaries only, site uploaded.
24-1-2002: second release. Now supports some command line options, (for the command interpreter it self).
20-4-2002: third release. Command line options are ready. Can be used a shell in freedos.
1-6-2002:
Changed the name to FDS, since there is another project of that name. (oops)
Released the first version of the standalone commands: dir and date.

	You can read the project status here.
	You can download the latest version here.

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