4OS2 Command processor

Version: 
3.11.0
Release date: 
Thursday, 15 April, 2010

License:

Interface:

A free release of the 4OS2 command processor. This software is not supported by JP Software in any manner, neither is it officially supported by SciTech Software. For informal support see readme.1st file.

Along with JdeBP's 32-bit, 4OS2 is the most popular alternate command line interpreter for OS/2.

This software is distributed as compressed package. You have to download and manually install it; if prerequisites are required, you will have to manually install them too.

Manual installation

Program is distributed as ZIP package: download to temporary directory and unpack to destination folder. See below for download link(s).

Following ones are the download links for manual installation:

4OS2 Command processor v. 3.11.0 (20/1/2022) Readme/What's new
Fixes and changes since last release ------------------------------------ 3.010 - Add /J switch to Copy and Move. Add CMDDirMvCpy INI key. These change the behavior for move and copy of a directory to match CMD (i.e. copy the directory not just the directory contents) - Add /Q to DIR command. It suppress non-fatal errors - Eliminate 4os2 beep when using Alt-Tab to access lSwitcher - Enhance NormalKey and NormalEditKey error message for keys which are excluded from use by 4OS2. (e.g. Atl-Tab, Ctrl-Esc) - Fix /ICON in START to avoid a SYS506 error. - Add Alias example file to package - Reorganize "What's New" section in help to place the latest changes at the top of the pages. - Fix @eawrite[] so it deletes EAs when a value isn't provided - Fix @eawrite and @earead to trim leading and trailing white space from EAnames. - Fix @words[] so it returns 0 - Added internal variable _TMSMP (Time Stamp) - Add INI key to specify 4 digit years and 2 digit 2 day should be displayed. - Add INI key to allow setting the Date Format. - Change the default jpstree.idx location to the 4OS2 directory with fall back to the root of the boot drive, - Hide LIBPATHSTRICT for environment list when it isn't set. - Fix Usage for the DIR and MOVE commands. - Fix deletion count when an unsuccessful attempt to abort occurs - Allow variables in the TEXT command. - Add INI key to prevent duplicates in the history. - Bypass internal help for message file help files with numbers in their names. - Fix options save to always write the new key to a new line. - Fix to always use an external command with the same name as an internal command if .exe is appended to it. - Add Shift-Ins paste. - Fix FOR switches so they can be grouped and placed in any order. This also fix a trap with some FOR command lines. - Fix REPLACE to accept an empty input string.
 ftp.netlabs.org/pub/4os2/4os2_3.11.GKY.exe  local copy
4OS2 Command processor v. 3.10pre (17/9/2021, Andreas Buchinger) Readme/What's new
Known problems -------------- None, but it is unlikely that there wouldn't be any. Fixes and changes since last release ------------------------------------ 3.09.1-shl (3.09.1 beta) - Avoid PMMERGE traps due to szSwtitle overflow - Sync memory command text to displayed values 3.09 (3.09 GA) - Set version number
 ftp.netlabs.org/pub/4os2/4os2_3.10.preAB.zip  local copy
4OS2 Command processor v. 3.09b (12/6/2020, Andreas Buchinger) Readme/What's new
Known problems -------------- None, but it is unlikely that there wouldn't be any. Fixes and changes since last release ------------------------------------ 3.08.4-shl (3.09 beta) - Correct memory DirHistory size display 3.08.3-shl (3.09 beta) - Ensure that 4os2 understands that given command lines like @ foo.exe @ is not an INI file indicator - Double max input line length to 2048, needed for compiling some QT4 stuff (by Andreas for Elbert) - Ensure command lines like @foo.exe do not treat foo.exe as an INI file - Ensure max length quoted pathnames handled correctly. - Correct ESET logic for BEGINLIBPATH etc. - Resolve list I command exception (ticket #20, changset 37507) - Support #! as EXTPROC equivalent if UnixPaths enabled - Default History and DirHistory to page multiples - Show DirHistory memory usage in memory command output - Update @makeage to be Y2K compliant
 ftp.netlabs.org/pub/4os2/4os2_3.09_AB_wpi.exe  local copy
4OS2 Command processor v. 3.08.4 (18/2/2018, Steven Levine) Readme/What's new
Fixes and changes since last release ------------------------------------ 3.08.4-shl (3.09 beta) - Correct memory DirHistory size display
 home.earthlink.net/~steve53//betas/4os2-3.08.4shl-2017-02-18.zip  local copy
4OS2 Command processor v. 3.08.3 (1/11/2013, Andreas Buchinger) Readme/What's new
3.08_3 - rereleased 3.08, only difference - 4start.cmd.sample added '.;' with CDPATH
 hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/os2/util/shell/4os2_3.08_3.zip
Record updated last time on: 05/02/2022 - 14:36

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