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SvarCOM is the SvarDOS command line interpreter, known usually under the name
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SvarCOM is the SvarDOS command line interpreter, known usually under the name
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"COMMAND.COM". It is designed and maintained by Mateusz Viste, and distributed
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"COMMAND.COM". It is designed and maintained by Mateusz Viste, and distributed
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under the terms of the MIT license.
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under the terms of the MIT license.
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The goal is to make SvarCOM the default SvarDOS shell, replacing FreeCOM.
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Why replacing FreeCOM, you ask? See FREECOM.TXT for details.
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SvarCOM is a work-in-progress effort. As such, it still lacks a few things:
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- a few internal commands missing: CALL, CTTY, GOTO, LH
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- DIR misses two switches: /S, /O
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SvarCOM is minimalist and I'd like to keep it that way. It aims to be
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SvarCOM is minimalist and I'd like to keep it that way. It aims to be
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functionaly equivalent to COMMAND.COM from MS-DOS 5.x/6.x. No LFN support.
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functionaly equivalent to COMMAND.COM from MS-DOS 5.x/6.x. No LFN support.
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As of version 2022.0, SvarCOM's resident footprint is under 2 KiB.
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SvarCOM's resident footprint is under 2 KiB.
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Translation strings are stored in the file SVARCOM.LNG, which should be
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Translation strings are stored in the file SVARCOM.LNG, which should be
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placed in a directory pointed at by %NLSPATH% for SvarCOM to be able to output
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placed in a directory pointed at by %NLSPATH% for SvarCOM to be able to output
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messages in non-english languages. SvarCOM's language is controlled by the
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messages in non-english languages. SvarCOM's language is controlled by the
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%LANG% environment variable. NOTE: at this time translations aren't available
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%LANG% environment variable.
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yet, with the proof-of-concept exceptions of the 'PAUSE' and 'SHIFT' commands.
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Latest version available here: http://svardos.osdn.io/svarcom
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Latest version available here: http://svardos.org/svarcom
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=== INTERNAL COMMANDS ========================================================
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=== INTERNAL COMMANDS ========================================================
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SvarCOM implements the following internal commands. For help on each command,
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SvarCOM implements the following internal commands. For help on each command,
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