It should be fine for your needs.
On Nov 4, 2016 5:04 AM, "Michel LaBarre" <michel.labarre...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> I am a newbie to cygwin/msys2 and appreciate all the effort that goes into
> providing such elaborate facilities and all for free.
>
>
>
> I cannot believe that somebody has not asked a similar question but after
> a few hours of looking, I have not found it
>
> in a form I recognised hence this email.
>
>
>
> If I missed finding the right archived posts, please re-direct me and
> accept my apologies for wasting your inbox space.
>
>
>
> I simply want to supplement Windows with the shells and utilities common
> to Unix/Linux for the purpose of personal
>
> productivity scripting.
>
>
>
> I am not trying to build packages.
>
>
>
> I am not trying to compile low level software.
>
>
>
> I do not need to port scripts to Linux or some other POSIX environment.
>
>
>
> I just want to use bash/ksh/sh/any-sh-is-better-than-CMD and all the
> normal unix utilities - nawk, sed, grep, strings, sort etc.
>
> to do day-to-day stuff.
>
>
>
> Ideally I would like to use normal windows paths. e.g. (as a completely
> artificial example)
>
> find d:/mystuff -name "zot*.txt" -print -exec diff {} 'c:\temp\my
> original zot.txt' \; > foo
>
> One reason for being able to use windows-syntax for paths is copying the
> path to a file from an explorer window into a command
>
> being composed.
>
>
>
> Ideally I would like to be able to invoke all the unix tools from either a
> sh or CMD.
>
>
>
> Ideally I would like to be able to invoke Windows utilities from whichever
> sh with minimal hoop-jumping to pass paths parameters. E.g.
>
> find d:/stuff -size +5 | while read Thing ; do zippittydoodah
> "$(cygpath -d \"$Thing\")" ; done
>
> where zippittydoodah utility is from a Windows product and expects native
> path syntax.
>
>
>
> Ideally I would like the environment to respect normal Windows facilities
> and conventions e.g. PATHEXT for distinguishing executables
>
> rather than or in addition to permission bits. (I have been subscribed to
> the cygwin mailing list for a few months to see what are
>
> hot issues and after cygwin's long history, zot vs zot.exe remains a
> recurring contentious topic. My understanding is that, when using cygwin,
>
> if zippittydodah is an exe in the example above, I get away with not
> putting .exe but if it were a CMD, I would need to fully specify the
>
> file name.)
>
>
>
> I am getting the impression that cygwin may be overkill and msys2 has
> advantages for my objectives (e.g. default noacl on automounts).
>
> Both emphasize a developer (i.e. compile and package orientation) audience
> and I am left wondering if non-development riff-raff
>
> would be better off with some other simpler option.
>
>
>
> Thank you very much for any insights.
>
>
>
> By the way, I went through the MSYS2 Wiki, all the topics in the general
> discussion forum, and mailing lists (searching for various phrases).
>
> If somebody can briefly outline the options, issues, and trade-offs, it
> might be a good article for the wiki or a general discussion topic.
>
>
>
> Michel LaBarre
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> ------------------
> Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors
> Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms.
> With one year of Intel Parallel Studio XE.
> Training and support from Colfax.
> Order your platform today. http://sdm.link/xeonphi
> _______________________________________________
> Msys2-users mailing list
> Msys2-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/msys2-users
>
>
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors
Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms.
With one year of Intel Parallel Studio XE.
Training and support from Colfax.
Order your platform today. http://sdm.link/xeonphi
_______________________________________________
Msys2-users mailing list
Msys2-users@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/msys2-users
