If there are any members of the mailing list who are either in transition from Microsoft Windows to Linux, or use Win32 and Linux (probably most of us) as needed for games or work, you may be interested in learning about the CygWin tools (http://www.cygwin.com). I use em all the time in MS-Windows and they work great. I'm working on getting fetchmail configured under both Linux and MS-Windows to use the same mbox to save some space and keep e-mail in both OSs in sync. Anybody have any ideas on how this should be setup? John <p><em>>From the website: What is it? The Cygwin tools are ports of the popular GNU development tools for Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000. They run thanks to the Cygwin library which provides the UNIX system calls and environment these programs expect. With these tools installed, it is possible to write Win32 console or GUI applications that make use of the standard Microsoft Win32 API and/or the Cygwin API. As a result, it is possible to easily port many significant Unix programs without the need for extensive changes to the source code. This includes configuring and building most of the available GNU software (including the packages included with the Cygwin development tools themselves). Even if the development tools are of little to no use to you, you may have interest in the many standard Unix utilities provided with the package. They can be used both from the bash shell (provided) or from the standard Windows command shell. Contents The following packages are available with the current release: ash autoconf automake bash binutils bison byacc bzip2 clear cpio crypt cvs cygrunsrv cygwin dejagnu diff expect file fileutils findutils flex gawk gcc gdb gdbm gettext ghostscript gperf grep groff gzip inetutils irc jbigkit jpeg less libpng login lynx m4 make man mingw mt mutt ncftp ncurses newlib-man opengl openssh openssl patch pcre perl popt postgresql python readline regex rxvt sed sh-utils squid ssmtp tar tcltk tcsh termcap tetex-beta texinfo textutils tiff time unzip vim w32api wget which xpm xpm-nox zip zlib <p><p><p>__________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================ <!-- body="end" --> <hr noshade> <ul> <li><strong>Next message:</strong> Dustin Puryear: "Re: [brluglist] CygWin: port of Unix tools to Win32" <li><strong>Previous message:</strong> Dustin Puryear: "Re: [brluglist] Fw: Steve Gibson's July/2001 News from GRC.COM ..." <li><strong>Next in thread:</strong> Dustin Puryear: "Re: [brluglist] CygWin: port of Unix tools to Win32" <li><strong>Reply:</strong> Dustin Puryear: "Re: [brluglist] CygWin: port of Unix tools to Win32" <li><strong>Reply:</strong> Tim Fournet: "Re: [brluglist] CygWin: port of Unix tools to Win32" <li><strong>Messages sorted by:</strong> [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] [ attachment ] </ul> <hr noshade>
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