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Date:	Tue, 17 Jul 2001 19:49:16 +0200
From:	Stipe Tolj <tolj AT wapme-systems DOT de>
Organization:	Wapme Systems AG
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To:	Raith Munro <raith AT ineffable DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject:	Re: Is CygWin the thing for UNIX compatible web development on Windows?
References:	<001201c10abc$054f5860$1b00a8c0 AT purpledell>

Hi Raith,

> 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).

You may use the cygwin ports of Apache 1.3.x and PHP 4.x to develop on a Win32
system and copy the same setup to a UNIX based machine

Check these URLs

    http://www.student.uni-koeln.de/cygwin/
    http://apache.dev.wapme.net/

Regards,
Stipe

tolj AT wapme-systems DOT de
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