From:	davidst AT nortelnetworks DOT com (David Stuart)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Best NT port of gnu file and text utils?
Date:	Thu, 15 Apr 1999 21:17:39 GMT
Organization:	Northern Telecom
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Hi,

I've grown up in a UNIX world, and have recently been thrust
reluctantly into the realm of Windows NT. As such, I have been
searching high and low for some decent NT ports of all the common file
utils and text utils for gnu. Running Linux is out of the question,
given our requirements..

I have tried 'dosunix' (I think it's called)
I have tried 'unix95'
I have tried 'gnuish' utilities
And finally, I have tried djgpp (Still don't know what that stands
for??).

I am very puzzled by the LACK of support for long filenames in these
utilities. Especially the gnuish and djgpp stuff, since one would
think (!) that ports from unix; where long filenames are common, would
be easier than trying to port to 8.3. The best of these seems to be
Unix95, at least it supports long filenames, although it has other
problems.

djgpp seems to have some promise, but the lack of long filenames is a
big problem. I tried the lfn0106.zip, but this doesn't work very well
on my networked clearcase drive.

Also, I am very puzzled by the strange behavior of 'ls'. It constantly
tries to 'resize' my console window; and I can't (for the life of me)
get it to display colours. Why should doing a file listing have to
resize my window? Bizarre!

If someone could tell me how to solve these issues, I might be tempted
to stick with djgpp..

Dave
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David Stuart, INM GUI Framework Designer
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External Email: davidst AT nortelnetworks DOT com

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