From: ajm AT atml DOT co DOT uk_nospam (Andy Moreton)
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Subject: Re: NT4.0
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 12:08:27 GMT
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In article <ojZI3CAXLhP0EwnI AT smgcia DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>, Stuart MacGregor <stuart AT smgcia DOT demon DOT co DOT uk> wrote:
>I'm having do do some work on NT4.0, instead of my usual w95.
>
>Is there a work around for bash problems, or is there an alternative
>unix type shell which does work?  Does the Cygnus offering work properly
>under NT?

The cygwin stuff works better under NT than under W95 (NT's console support is 
less broken). You should pick up the basic distribution from Cygnus, and then 
the patches available from Sergey Okhapin's site (there's a link on the cygwin 
page).

The cygwin stuff only targets 32 bit, so if you want to build extended DOS 
executables then you'll still need DJGPP.

>bash canot cope with long file names in NT (doc says NT is missing the
>LFN api) and when I launch tkinfo, the bash box hangs up and does not
>recover when the tkinfo exits.

I use NT as my main box, so I'd like to know if this can be fixed....


        AndyM

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