Mail Archives: djgpp/2000/10/29/11:25:11
> From: Raul Kompass <kompass AT rz DOT uni-leipzig DOT de>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 13:34:45 +0100
>
> There are a number of utilities (txtutils, fileutils) compiled with
> MinGW. Do I have to invoke a DOS box to use them?
I don't understand the question. What exactly do you mean by ``invoke
a DOS box''?
These uitilities are all non-interactive, batch-style programs, so
their Mingw ports are console applications. As such, they need to be
run from the command line.
You could, of course, run them via START->RUN dialog, or via the START
utility, but you can do the same with the DJGPP ports.
> What is then the point to have them compiled in this other way.
If you need a Windows development environment, you want Mingw or
Cygwin ports. If you want a DJGPP development environment, you want
DJGPP ports. Don't mix them, because they don't mix well (for
example, the ways to pass long command lines are different, and the
tricks they employ to emulate Unix functionality are incompatible).
That's why you need a coherent set of tools.
> Or is there a bash for them, using e.g. msvcrt.dll ??
I don't know if there's a Mingw port of Bash. It would be a lot of
work to do such a port, so I won't be surprised if the answer is NO.
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