From: "Pradeep Goel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I  have no idea of  CYGWIN  except only that almost all unix commands
> can be run on windows .
> 
> I want to know if the SAME program running on unix systems can be run
> on windows without any change ( or otherwise what changes need to be
> made) after installing cygwin .

It could probably be COMPILED under CYGWIN with minimal (if any) 
changes.

> & also which is better to use a DBM file or a flat file database using
> sprite/jprite ?

Depends on what do you need to do with the data.

DBM will be quicker with HASH-like access, flat file may be viewed 
and modified by hand.

I would suggest considering also DBD::SQLite, "A database in a DBD 
driver".

Jenda
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