UnxUtilsSrc.zip_62KF_onlyb2u_shell

THE DOWNHILL PROJECT Porting UNIX to Microsoft Win32 Release 1.3 ADDRESS The Downhill Project can be reached at [email protected]. If you're feeling helpful, put "DOWNHILL" in the subject. PURPOSE The Downhill Project is a collection of Win32-compatible routines designed to emulate UNIX API calls. These routines allow UNIX code to run under Win32 OS's (Windows 95, Windows NT and Windows 3.1 with Win32s) with as little modification as possible, without a lot of ugly #ifdefs. UNIVERSALITY The Downhill code, at this point, is written for me. It got the job done that I needed it to do, but it may not work as well for you. Your mileage _will_ vary. I am interested, however, in making it as universal as possible. I suppose a blue-sky goal of this project would be to completely emulate as many different UNIXen as possible. So if you make any changes in the code to get it to work under your UNIX/Win32 combination, please let me know. I'll be making regular releases of everything I've collected and you will be credited for your contributions. Please, send me everything you do! The success of this project largely depends on its universality. Thanks. NAMING CONVENTION It's called FNORD and the fact that I've documented it proves that I have far too much time on my hands. If you're curious, write me and I'll send you the paper. INSTALLATION Untar the Downhill directory tree someplace where it will be out of the way ("\DOWNHILL", for example). Change the makefile variables to point the appropriate places or values: CMP_SYSTEM_DIR Where the system include files are CMP_POSIX Compile POSIX-compliant functions only? CMP_DEBUG Turn on debugging for library? Add the include directory ("\DOWNHILL\INCLUDE") to your compiler's include path. Add the library ("\DOWNHILL\DOWNHILL.LIB") to your linker's library list. After Downhill is installed, when your compiler isn't able to resolve a reference (say, "#include <sys/param.h>"), it will continue to check through any additional include directories, eventually stumbling across the Downhill Project, where it will (hopefully) find the file it is looking for. This will then be included as normal and things will continue on their way. If you're planning on using any of the Downhill-specific functions (or want a single include that does all the foo()- to-_foo() work), include "downhill.h". You should never have to inlcude anything in the "DOWNHILL\INCLUDE\DOWNHILL" directory -- it's all internal stuff. Note: You don't need to change your #include <>'s to #include ""'s. The compiler will search the additional paths anyway. DISCLAIMER Nothing you do with this stuff is my fault. You're welcome to any of it, but if you screw something up, it's none of my doing. Please don't sue me. UNIX is a trademark of... Ah, who the hell knows these days? Windows, Windows NT, Win32, Win32s and just about everything else in the industry is a trademark of Microsoft.