Re: system command on Win98

From: Michele Dondi (bik.mido_at_tiscalinet.it)
Date: 01/17/05 

Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 14:25:53 +0100

On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 19:54:35 GMT, Mike Flannigan
<mikeflan@earthlink.net> wrote:

>> <http://home.wanadoo.nl/fvu/Projects/Bash/Web/bash.htm>
>
>Thanks.
>
>Wow, 250 MB! That's quite a program.

I must admit I posted that link, but I'm not really sure what's in
there (why I had it in the first place? Long story!)

However IIRC it says something about cygwin, and yes: installing
cygwin may be expensive in terms of disk space, but that depends on
what you actually want to install.

Personally if I have to use a *NIX-like system I use Linux. If I have
to use Windows, I use Windows, and I've never felt the real need to
have a full emulation layer. Since every now and again I _do_ feel the
need to use under Windows some standard *NIX tools, I use the native
ports from UNXUTILS/UNXUPDATES. Granted, due to the basic differences
between the operating systems they were thought for and Win*, they do
not _all_ work seamlessly. For example chown is included in the
collection, but it doesn't work at all (under 98, that is), however I
wouldn't use there in any case ...

>> >It is a programing language that I create with the
>> >Perl script and then execute immediately.
>>
>> HUH?!?
>
>Maybe I should say it is a scripting language that I write
>with perl and then execute immediately.

Did you create a scripting language? Not to underestimate you, but
language design in general is not a trivial task, you know...

Michele 

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