[Coco] Docs for Shell+ ?

Robert Gault robert.gault at worldnet.att.net
Wed Oct 15 08:16:41 EDT 2008


Steven Hirsch wrote:
> Hi, All.
> 
> Two questions:
> 
> == One ==
> 
> I cannot seem to locate anything in terms of documentation for the 
> enhanced shell_21 in NitrOS-9.  Is it a case of "read the source" or is 
> there any text out there that describes its features and usage?
> 
> I hear rumor that it supports a real executable search path, for example.
> 
> == Two ==
> 
> I found mention on the net of something called "TOPS"; apparantly a 
> project based in Germany to port common Unix tools to OS-9.  The ftp 
> site in the US is long departed and I cannot find any mention of it 
> using Google.
> 
> Can anyone recommend a location for (a) a decent editor (pre-built 
> uemacs would be great) and (b) a 'cp' workalike that's not brain dead in 
> requiring the target file name to be fully specified (understands that 
> if the target path ends in a directory it should simply copy the source 
> file there under the same name).
> 
> Steve
> 
> 

There may be other locations for doc files but you can use this.
ftp://www.rtsi.com/OS9/OS9_6X09/APPS/ShellPlus_2_1.lzh

Included in the archive is shellplus.doc which will be adequate for the 
current NitrOS-9 distribution. There may have been additions since this 
doc file was written.



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