>>> http://win-bash.sourceforge.net/ >> Or MSYS, from https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw > > Personally I like 4NT, at http://www.jpsoft.com/4ntdes.htm > but then again I've been using it since NT 3.51
I used to use 4DOS, from the same stable, until I discovered DJGPP. No contest really; the shareware price JP Software ask for 4DOS/4NT simply cannot be justified, when you compare features with the full Unix shell--GNU bash--provided for free, (as in beer), with DJGPP. Now, on my Woe32 box, I use MSYS: $ bash --version GNU bash, version 3.1.0(3)-release (i686-pc-msys) Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. and, since I liked the way 4DOS command history worked, I customise the readline key bindings for this bash shell, so it behaves just the same way, (and then some, because it also keeps the standard readline incremental history search). > I just wrote a batch file that did this: > copy *.pst "ftp://myoutsource.provider.org/tobeuploaded/"; And I'll bet you used JP's extended batch command language, so you cannot use it on any box which lacks 4NT; not a big deal maybe, but it does have a portability impact. > but I bet you were looking for a 'Unix' like shell. I think that's what the OP wanted, and it's what the first two links will give him. Neither is perfect, but IMO either outshines 4NT. BTW, I was unaware of win-bash, until Mathias mentioned it. I just had a very quick look, and have some grave reservations: Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195] (C) Copyright 1985-2000 Microsoft Corp. D:\opt\packages> win-bash -i --login win-bash: --: bad option Huh? If this is supposed to be GNU bash, why does it not respect this standard invocation syntax for a login shell? Never mind... D:\opt\packages> win-bash -i bash$ at least it will run as an interactive shell, albeit without login features, but... bash$ ./win-bash --version .\win-bash.exe: --: bad option this is bad; what version of bash is this then? Where is the standard, (and required), GNU copyright notification? bash$ echo $BASH_VERSION win-bash_0.6.1(0) Oh, oh. That's not a formal GNU version number; what level of standard bash feature support am I to expect, if I can't identify its parentage? bash$ ./win-bash --help .\win-bash.exe: --: bad option seems it isn't going to tell me :-( Regards, Keith. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ GnuWin32-Users mailing list GnuWin32-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gnuwin32-users
