> All true, but you forgot about the most important: COM links are not > limited to 9 command line params (%1-%9). This is actually the reason > that made me design the COM links files that are used nowadays in > FreeDOS.
That's not true. The SHIFT command in batch files allows you to access more than 9 parameters. But it is more cumbersome and confusing to use than how you handle it in an executable file. As a sidebar, a "normal" command line is limited to 126 characters total, but some command shells (notably 4DOS) extend that by using the CMDLINE environment variable. From what I can tell, the FreeDOS command shell doesn't support that. Allowing more than 126 characters can give you access to a HUGE number of parameters. _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
