Andrzej Bialecki wrote: > Tomi NA wrote: >> On 9/11/06, Jim Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Dear Nutch User Community, >>> >>> Does anyone have a nutch.bat file to use in the bin directory? I >>> find it >>> bemusing that Java (cross-platform) was chosen as the development >>> language, >>> but the launcher is written in Bash. >> >> As much as I hate to say it, but you're right, it doesn't make any >> sense to hobble such a great body of platform independent code with a >> couple of short bit vital *n*x-only scripts. ...even if we are talking >> about windows. >> Would it make sense to go java all the way and use groovy or >> beanshell? My knowledge of these projects is rather superficial, but >> someone else might know more... > > Originally Cygwin was needed to ensure the presence of some of the > Unix utilities, such as df(1), which get the info from OS that Java > cannot get; and of course to run the shell scripts. > > Recently the dependency on POSIX-compatible df(1) has been removed. > And scripts can be rewritten in Java - although unless you use another > type of launcher (again, based on scripts!) there is no way to build > single-argument applications in Java; so, you always have to type more > than you would when starting a native application. > > Anyway, I believe it should be possible now to get rid of Cygwin > dependency. If it's a high priority for you, please submit a patch. > I have nutch.bat but it's not complete yet. Also I'm going on vacation tomorrow for two weeks. If it's not to late I can check later then and submit a patch.
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