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From:	"Raith Munro" <raith AT ineffable DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject:	Is CygWin the thing for UNIX compatible web development on Windows?
Date:	Thu, 12 Jul 2001 11:18:23 +0100
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Hi list,

I would be grateful for even a simple yes/no answer to my dilemma... (I am
completely new to CygWin and I did read the FAQ)

I want to use my Windows computer to develop a web site that will be hosted
on UNIX and needs to use some UNIXy features; symbolic links, the passwd
program for controlling HTaccess password files and some sort of email
sender (sendmail?).

I am currently using the Win32 ports of Apache, PHP4, MySQL and Perl and
this works great but I am unable to use the features I mentioned above. Is
CygWin a likely solution to my problem? I presume I'll also need to find
CygWin compatible binary distros of Apache, PHP4, MySQL and Perl (I don't
want to convert/compile them myself).

Thanks for your advice,

Raith



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