zprog Posted July 12, 2004 Share Posted July 12, 2004 When you go to the DOS prompt, I used to use "command" until I figured out that there was a "cmd". Of course, even on an HT processor, "command" was painfully slow.My question is, what exactly is the difference between "command' and "cmd"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkPhoenix Posted July 12, 2004 Share Posted July 12, 2004 It's quite simple. The command.com program is a 16-bit DOS program, and XP has to run it in its protected mode (you can see in the task manager that ntvdm.exe is running when you use command.com) or something like that, with its 16-bit emulated sub-system. This is a rather slow process.The cmd.exe file, however, is a 32-bit program, and runs normally. It has all the advantages of the 32-bit XP system, and thus it is a lot faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtmunir Posted July 12, 2004 Share Posted July 12, 2004 wow. i didnt know that live and learn as they say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zprog Posted July 12, 2004 Author Share Posted July 12, 2004 Thank you very much. That made sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neosapience Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 Try this - CMD /?It will give you a list of everything CMD can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medhunter Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 wealth of info thx man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zprog Posted July 13, 2004 Author Share Posted July 13, 2004 Try this - CMD /?It will give you a list of everything CMD can do. That is usually the deal with most programs. Did you ever try "man woman" on a Linux box. That is the coolest thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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