** Andy Random <andy.random@???> [2007-11-23 13:31]:
> Ok so slightly off topic but I have a large number of GNU utilities
> compiled to run under Windows/DOS but I've never found a version of the
> Linux time command.
>
> I could really use a copy to... well, err, time somethings :)
>
> Does anybody know where I can find a version to run under DOS?
** end quote [Andy Random]
I thought that DOS had both date and time commands, but it may vary on
the version of DOS you are using, and I don't have a handy DOS/Windows
box on which to check. There may have been an issue with getting the
command to simply show the time/date as opposed to setting it...
OK, a quick Google shows up a page [1] that lists DOS commands and
includes bot DATE [2] and TIME [3] with the necessary syntax. Both look
to have been around since DOS 5 and still exist in XP, although it
doesn't state whether they get installed by default and it is such a
long time since I installed DOS that I can't remember how much control
you had. I seem to remember getting quite a bit of control under DR-DOS
as owned by Digital Research, Caldera and Novell at different times, but
that even managed task switching and built in TCP/IP so that may not be
typical :)
Oh, and as a last suggestion that I have just remembered. When I used to
do quite a bit of batch processing in NT 4 I think I used a command from
the Resource Kit called NOW [4]. Back then I think the Resource Kit cost
extra, but it looks as though it is a free download now. I also used the
Resource Kit to install commands as services using INSTSRV.EXE, but
that's a whole different issue, and I think in the early days of VNC.
You may also find this [5] site helpful.
[1]
http://www.computerhope.com/msdos.htm#02
[2]
http://www.computerhope.com/datehlp.htm
[3]
http://www.computerhope.com/timehlp.htm
[4]
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9D467A69-57FF-4AE7-96EE-B18C4790CFFD&displaylang=en
[5]
http://www.easydos.com/dosindex.html
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