DOS ain't dead

Hi,
while searching updates for FDT24xx I noticed that xcopy uses version 1.4.
You can find it at:
https://gitlab.com/FreeDOS/base/xcopy
history says that the only difference between 1.4 and 1.4a is that a html file was added.

At https://github.com/FDOS/xcopy there is an unpublished and uncompiled version 1.5., see: history.txt,
version 1.4
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version 1.4a
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- added xcopy.htm Help file, based on xcopy.txt (Stephan Peters)

version 1.5
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- improved Open Watcom support (utilizes pieces from TCC2WAT), shared.inc


In xcopy.txt you can read:

Compiling the source code
-------------------------
Compiling the source code is possible with the following compilers:
- Borland C++ (tm) 3.0 or higher
- Borland Turbo C++ (tm) 3.0 or higher
Version 1.2 and newer can also be compiled with the now freeware
- Borland Turbo C 2.01 compiler
Version 1.5 and newer
- Open Watcom C/C++ 1.9/2.0pre (includes portions of tcc2wat)

So my question: Is it useful to implement version 1.5 into the future FDT24xx versions?

> while searching updates for FDT24xx

and what exactly is "FDT24xx"?

> > while searching updates for FDT24xx
>
> and what exactly is "FDT24xx"?

FreeDOS Testing Release 2024-xx

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> So my question: Is it useful to implement version 1.5 into the future
> FDT24xx versions?

Who uses xcopy?

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> > So my question: Is it useful to implement version 1.5 into the future
> > FDT24xx versions?
>
> Who uses xcopy?

I do on PDOS/386.

It's been a while since I did much on Freedos, but
that could change anytime, and then I am likely to
use it there.

I used in Windows a month ago or something and was
surprised that long names weren't coming across.
That was because I was using the "/N" switch, which
I thought meant "don't overwrite". That's what it
means on PDOS/386 (possibly a bad idea). Windows
doesn't have that option as far as I can see (it
has /Y and /-Y but the latter is not the same as
far as I can see). I don't remember what MSDOS and
Freedos do. PDOS/386 likely, but not definitely,
copied them with respect to "/N".

BFN. Paul.

> > So my question: Is it useful to implement version 1.5 into the future
> > FDT24xx versions?
>
> Who uses xcopy?

I just did it.
FD uses this version 1.4 and the bug that was reported at:

https://sourceforge.net/p/freedos/bugs/346/

still exists till today.

Seems there are some more.

So a compiled version of 1.5 would be very helpful for testing!

> > > So my question: Is it useful to implement version 1.5 into the future
> > > FDT24xx versions?
> >
> > Who uses xcopy?
>
> I just did it.
> FD uses this version 1.4 and the bug that was reported at:
>
> https://sourceforge.net/p/freedos/bugs/346/
>
> still exists till today.
>
> Seems there are some more.
>
> So a compiled version of 1.5 would be very helpful for testing!

I have this in my archive, don't remember where I got it:
https://transfert.free.fr/hhDOR3A
7 days link

Thanks for it. I downloaded it, but in the meantime version 1.6 was published,
see: https://github.com/FDOS/xcopy
>
> I have this in my archive, don't remember where I got it:
> https://transfert.free.fr/hhDOR3A
> 7 days link

Just for info:
In the meantime version 1.7 was published.

> Thanks for it. I downloaded it, but in the meantime version 1.6 was
> published,
> see: https://github.com/FDOS/xcopy
> >
> > I have this in my archive, don't remember where I got it:
> > https://transfert.free.fr/hhDOR3A
> > 7 days link