> writing software that pulls config info from an ini file.
You can write a Linux program that pulls from an INI file or a 3rd party DOS program on MacOS, the question is how this stuff is relevant to being a power Windows user.
You can write a Linux program that pulls from an INI file
What's the API for that look like? In Win32 it's GetPrivateProfileString.
the question is how this stuff is relevant to being a power Windows user.
I gave you an example. I guess you're not aware that many desktop applications continue to support ini files, even if it's not the first line of configuration anymore.
I am well aware of INI files being used by applications on several operating systems. DotNet Core may not be the most popular platform but it’s blurred the lines here.
DOS has similarly been stripped from Windows but 3rd party DOS shells exist on many platforms. Honestly knowing Bash is more Windows specific at this point than DOS. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install
So again, none of your examples are Windows specific at this point.
DOS has similarly been stripped from Windows but 3rd party DOS shells exist on many platforms
Huh? DOS != Command line interpreter or shell. DOS per se hasn't existed for decades, but the command line (Command Prompt) lives on, using pretty much the same syntax.
Honestly knowing Bash is more Windows specific at this point than DOS.
Bash is more Windows-specific than "DOS"?! That makes no sense whatsoever.
I am well aware of INI files being used by applications on several operating systems.
What are you even talking about now? You started the whole ini discussion with "Remember .ini files? Yea how relevant is that today?" So it went from irrelevant to relevant across platforms?
On windows 11 using Microsoft only tools you can list every file in a directory using ls or dir. But Bash is by far a more powerful tool than command prompt making it far more relevant for a power user than some legacy syntax.
> So it went from irrelevant to relevant across platforms?
The point INI files and DOS come up but aren’t some Windows specific knowledge at this point.
You can write a Linux program that pulls from an INI file or a 3rd party DOS program on MacOS, the question is how this stuff is relevant to being a power Windows user.