Re: difference between win2000 and winXP

[Greg Chicares]

Yu-Lun Chen wrote:
> 
[different behavior of shell commands: msw 2000 vs. xp] 
> By default, I am using c:\winnt\system32\cmd.exe on my XP. I have
> tried other cmd.exe (e.g. \i386\cmd.exe) but they didn't help.

The behavior of ms shells changes from one version of
windows to the next. If you use a shell like bash,
then the behavior should not change. You can get a
bash environment for windows by downloading MSYS
from mingw.org .