[OT] Re: Readiness for IPV6

Wed Jul 10 00:27:44 UTC 2002

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nanog at merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog at merit.edu] On 
> Behalf Of Matthew S. Hallacy
> Sent: July 9, 2002 8:28 PM
> To: nanog at merit.edu
> Subject: [OT] Re: Readiness for IPV6
> 
> 
> Pardon me:
> 
> Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
> 
> C:\>command /?
> Starts a new instance of the MS-DOS command interpreter.
> 
> COMMAND [[drive:]path] [device] [/E:nnnnn] [/P] [/C string] [/MSG]
> 
> [snip rest of output]
> 
> Looks like it still claims to be the MS-DOS command 
> interpreter to me, using the 'user friendly' name of 'Command 
> Prompt' doesn't change what it is.

Pardon me:
[brand new command prompt from the WinXP command prompt button]
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Vivien>command
Microsoft(R) Windows DOS
(C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1990-2001.

C:\DOCUME~1\VIVIEN>
C:\DOCUME~1\VIVIEN>

It looks to me like you have cmd.exe, which is a 32-bit Windoze-native
etc shell, and then you have command.com which is used to run legacy DOS
stuff. Command.com feels a _lot_ slower to me, too.

Vivien
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