DS Dos Updated v.45

Wolped has updated his entry into the Neoflash Coding Contest, heres the full details:

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Nickname: wolped
Project name : DS-DOS
From : Minnesota, USA
Division : NDS APP
Original enter : YES
Support Motion : NO
In last NEO Compo this project have won in the top 10 : NO
Project description: DS-DOS is an MS-DOS type clone, featuring a command line interface.

Latest Version .45


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The rest is from the readme:


DS-DOS a MS-DOS clone by Shawn Winkels.

Version .45
-Fixed names larger than 6 characters (thanks cornaljoe)
-Fixed bug that stopped hardware if fat3.dldi wasn't found

Version .41
-Added Ability to copy files between cards

Version .21
-Added NeoFlash compo splash screen

Version .20

-Fixed some copy problems
-Cleaned up "dir" command
-Added "lock" and "ulok"
-Added restart by pressing Start
-"cd" is still broken
-sound is still broken


DS-DOS is a first filebrowser of it's kind. This text-based application will allow
you to view/copy/move/delete/rename files on your memory card or built-in memory.
It also allows you to boot other .nds binaries (users of certain cards may have
trouble with this). Don't forget to DLDI patch it.

Currently Implemented Commands (case-sensitive)
date displays the date
time displays the time
cls clears the screen
help displays help
ver displays DS-DOS version
del allows deleting of files
copy allows copying of files
move allows moving of files
ren allows renaming of files
dir displays a list of files and directories in current directory
cd change the current directory
lock locks the filesystem, preventing use of del/copy/move/ren
ulok unlocks the filesystem allowing use of del/copy/move/ren

To boot any .nds file, just type the filename (myndsfile.nds). If it is currently
in a folder, you will have to type the full path unless the folder it resides in
is the current working directory (folder\myndsfile.nds).

To use the extra device, you must have a dldi file called "fat3.dldi", which is a
renamed dldi file of the other device you want to use. To boot an .nds file on the
other device, you would type "fat3:\myndsfile.nds". Copying, renaming, moving, and
deleting all work this same way.

For some reason, typing any commands larger than five characters long, may break
certain commands. To fix this, press Start to restart DS-DOS (file must be named
dos.nds).

Thanks to: TeenDev for bootlib; Chishm for libfat; cornaljoe for character fix:
Everyone involved with devkitPro and PAlib; And to all Nintendo DS homebrewers.

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I'm actually quite puzzled as to why the developer has chosen to make it command line input. Surely it would be about a thousand times better if it had some kind of drag/drop functionality, especially considering that I don't think there is any kind of auto-complete.

The only advantage I can see using this over DSLinux is that it supports booting binaries.

EDIT: Sorry, didn't mean to sound so negative. Writing a DOS-a-like is a very good way to learn the in and outs of FAT

I just can't stress enough on how misleading this is when you first look at it then actually find out what it is.

Why cant someone use the freeDOS source code to make a real port of DOS to the DS, obvoisly everything would need to be recompiled but it should be possible.

i thought this was Windows DOS for a moment ....

It would be great if something like this existed that could be used to run BAT files safely on the SD.

Unnecessary and, apparently, misleading. Like DSWindows I have to ask, what's the point?