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Date:	Wed, 11 Jul 2001 12:40:14 +0200
From:	Corinna Vinschen <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: Porting UNIX app. to WINNT
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In-Reply-To:	<20010711065709.2174.qmail@web11208.mail.yahoo.com>; from ganesh_chn@yahoo.com on Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 11:57:09PM -0700

On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 11:57:09PM -0700, gopalakrishnan ganesh wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> i wish to port UNIX application to  WINNT. I have
> installed  cygwin application too.
> 
> What i need is i want to know what are the commands
> that are needed to execute in the cygwin so that I can
> port my UNIX app. to WINNT. If possible let me know
> what are the steps that are needed to do this or where
> i can get this information

You know how to port from one UNIX to another?  Do the same to port
to Cygwin. Treat it just as another UNIX.  The usual command set,
the usual API. And slightly different from other UNICES as usual.
The rule is: Try POSIX, if that fails try SUSv2, if that fails
try Linux, if that fails, ask.

Corinna

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