Mail Archives: djgpp/2003/01/14/13:56:13
Hello.
fileutils is a set of file management programs like cp, mv, rm, mkdir. Release
5 of the port of fileutils 4.1 to DJGPP is now available.
This release fixes a few bugs:
* 'mv' would occasionally crash. (This happened to me when running the test
suite. No-one has reported this problem to me.) 'rm' may also be affected.
* It works better with DJGPP CVS (what will become DJGPP 2.04). A problem with
'ls' and symlinks was fixed. /dev/zero and /dev/full are now available (when
built against DJGPP CVS).
I recommend that people using the binary package upgrade, to get a fixed
version of 'mv' (and 'rm').
To use the Fileutils programs, you only need to download the binary
distribution. You may also want to download the documentation distribution, to
get the documentation in HTML, PostScript and DVI formats. If you want to
examine or rebuild the Fileutils sources, you need to download the source
distribution.
The Fileutils port is available here:
http://www.simtel.net/gnudlpage.php?product=/gnu/djgpp/v2gnu/fil41b.zip&name=fil41b.zip
http://www.simtel.net/gnudlpage.php?product=/gnu/djgpp/v2gnu/fil41d.zip&name=fil41d.zip
http://www.simtel.net/gnudlpage.php?product=/gnu/djgpp/v2gnu/fil41s.zip&name=fil41s.zip
Please read the file gnu/filutil4.1/djgpp/readme.dos in whichever distribution
you download. This contains important instructions on installing and using
Fileutils.
You can also read the readme and changelog files online:
http://www.phekda.freeserve.co.uk/richdawe/djgpp/fileutils/4.1/djgpp/readme.dos
http://www.phekda.freeserve.co.uk/richdawe/djgpp/fileutils/4.1/djgpp/changelog.dos
If you encounter any problems with this port, please feel free to contact me
by e-mail (address below). I also try to read the DJGPP newsgroup,
comp.os.msdos.djgpp, on a regular basis.
Regards,
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Richard Dawe [ http://www.phekda.freeserve.co.uk/richdawe/ ]
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