"Franc Zabkar" wrote in message
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On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 03:49:05 -0400, "Michael Kennedy"
put finger to keyboard and composed:


"Clint Sharp" wrote in message
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In message , Franc Zabkar
writes
I don't use Windows XP, but I know that its command interpreter is
actually cmd.exe.
Umm, actually, XP has command.com as well.

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Clint Sharp

Oddly cmd.exe and command.com behave slightly differently under xp, but
they
both do the same thing.

All the references I can find say that one should use cmd.exe wherever
possible and that command.com should be used only for DOS apps that
have trouble running under XP. One major difference appears to be that
the latter doesn't support long file names. Another is that XP batch
language is much more powerful than that afforded by command.com. In
any case, cmd.exe is XP's native CLI, and command.com is for Win9x and
DOS.

- Franc Zabkar
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I assumed that command.com was included for legacy support as you have
confirmed.