Re: Scripting on NT

I went to look for that product, they want $99 for it now. Is it worth it? Or is there something else??

Michael

Terry Dykstra wrote:

> I use cygnus for my scripting. It's a GNU implementation of many of the
> standard Unix commands. Supports Bourne shell as well. Works great and it
> is free.
>
> --
> Terry Dykstra
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>
> "Jerry Gitomer" <jgitomer_at_erols.com> wrote in message
> news:20000428.5462500_at_noname.nodomain.nowhere...
>
> Check out cygnus and Ready-to-run software. One, or both, have
> implemented the GNU tools - including bash - on NT.
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
> On 4/27/00, 5:33:52 PM, Aaron <asentell_at_my-deja.com> wrote regarding
> Scripting on NT:
>
> > I'm curious in hearing about other people's experiences with writing
> > scripts on NT. I just made the switch from Unix to NT, and I feel
 like
> > I'm working with one hand tied behind my back now. I need a good, low
> > cost solution. A product like MKS ($400 a pop) would be out of range.
> > Has anybody tried using perl or java? I would like to have something
> > that would be portable to Unix since we might be getting it around
 here
> > sometime in the future.
 

> > Thanks.
 

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Received on Fri Apr 28 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT