This directory [DOS] contains the essential DOS utilities, which reproduce the functionality of DOS. See the FreeDOS specification, especially Commands Behavior Appendix, (http://fd-doc.sourceforge.net/spec/) for more details. While we try to ensure it is updated as new releases of the utilities are available, one may wish to view the software list on FreeDOS.org (http://www.freedos.org/freedos/software/). Please note the archives located/mirrored here are usually packaged for individual use by the various maintainers, thus they may not all have the same directory structure, nor are they intended for direct use by the FreeDOS installer. Generally each utility has its own subdirectory with zip files of the source and binaries within. Older revisions are kept, which due to 8.3 naming issues, some care should be taken to ensure the latest release is actually downloaded. This also means some programs are available that are now included within FreeCom (command.com) and no longer need to be downloaded. If you wish to download the latest available version of each in a single file, please try ../distributions/ripcord/LATEST/ FreeDOS.base.zip alternately you may prefer to download the latest distribution and update only those utilities with needed bug fixes/enhancements.