From: Raul Kompass <kompass AT rz DOT uni-leipzig DOT de>
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Subject: Re: bash, dir, command.com and recompiling ls under Win98 using DJGPP
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 13:34:45 +0100
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How about MinGW?
There are a number of utilities (txtutils, fileutils) compiled with
MinGW. Do I have to invoke a DOS box to use them? What is then the point
to have them compiled in this other way. Or is there a bash for them,
using e.g.
msvcrt.dll ??
Thank you for any help.

Raul

Eli Zaretskii schrieb:
> 
> On 29 Oct 2000, J-P wrote:
> 
> > I am considering compiling `ls` using DJGPP under DOS
> 
> You don't need: there's a binary version available.  Download and install
> v2gnu/fil316b.zip from the usual DJGPP sites, and you will have `ls',
> `cp', `mv', and many other goodies.
> 
> > 1. the Win98 MS-DOS prompt is awful. Any alternatives welcomed. A Windows
> >    equivalent of an xterm would be good!
> 
> I'm not aware of any free xterm clone for Windows, but if someone knows,
> be sure to tell here!
> 
> > 2. more on-topic, `dir` seems to be part of command.com, so I can't do
> >    either `dir` or `ls`, which is a bit of a nightmare.
> 
> ??? Is this from Bash?  I think Bash will invoke dir.exe (from the
> fil316b.zip package, mentioned above), if you install it.
> 
> You did install a DJGPP port of Bash, did you?  It isn't a Cygwin port,
> is it?  If it's a Cygwin port, I suggest to remove it and download
> v2gnu/bsh203b.zip from one of the DJGPP FTP sites: Cygwin ports and DJGPP
> ports don't mix well.
> 
> In any case, questions regarding Cygwin are off-topic in this forum.