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TCSH on Windows XP?

Posted by Cliff on from the shells-on-win32 dept.

An unfortunete XP user... asks: "I find myself having to use a Windows XP Pro machine at work, but I want to convience of tcsh... command.com just doesn't cut it for what I am doing. Has anyone ported a *NIX shell (csh, tcsh, or even sh) to Windows XP Pro?" How well does Cygwin handle the Windows XP environment?

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  1. Cygwin Performance under XP by agrounds · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Cygwin works just fine in XP. I use it daily both at home and at work. The TCSH works well also. I prefer to use BASH myself, but to each his own. Just be sure to select *all* the packages to install them during setup. Yes. This means you have to click the mouse to a version number over and over and over again. Then after the post-install scripts finish running, run setup again to get all the version updates. It sounds silly, but after mass installing this thing, I've found it to be reliable. Also, keep a copy of the setup.exe in the root of the cygwin directory, since you just have to double click it and select a mirror to check and upgrade all your packages.

    To gain access to your windows drives under the cygwin shell, just map a link to the drives like this:

    ln -s /cygdrive/c/ windows

    ln -s /cygdrive/d/ d-drive

    That's it! Enjoy!

  2. linux and supported unix environments by mattcoarr · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I personally have my laptop dual booting between w2k and linux and use cygwin very heavily while in the windows world.

    However, with the release and popularity of Mac OS X that may be a viable avenue for moving unix onto the desktop. (I believe the default terminal shell on OS X is bash :-)

    With the addition XonX it can even work with other unix boxen. And the interface looks really cool!!! A bsd-like environment with an outstanding interface.

    Let's face it. It will be 2-3 years before linux might become viable on an average user's desktop, not to mention persuading upper management. For now linux and bsd will probably remain on the developers' and advocates' desks.

    The Mac culture and commercial support is very well established. The linux, bsd, and mac communities have a lot to gain from cooperation and shared experiences.

    Now if they would only ship macs with 3+ button mice . . .

  3. unixutil by SpaceLifeForm · · Score: 3, Interesting

    No need for cygwin.
    Find unixutil here.

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    You are being MICROattacked, from various angles, in a SOFT manner.