Re: Bash for Windows

2009-01-06 Thread Pierre Gaston
On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 8:58 PM, afrolick wrote: >Can someone tell me if this is the place 4 me or if > there is a forum more suited to my needs and/or where the best place to > learn the basics would be? I guess comp.unix.shell usenet group or the #bash IRC channel on freenode are more suited fo

Bash for Windows

2009-01-06 Thread afrolick
he place 4 me or if there is a forum more suited to my needs and/or where the best place to learn the basics would be? Thanks in Advance, Allan -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Bash-for-Windows-tp21316710p21316710.html Sent from the Gnu - Bash mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Bash for Windows

2008-08-22 Thread hectorchu
I've ported bash to Windows and would like my changes to be part of the main codebase. Would there be any interest in doing this?

Re: Bash for Windows

2008-08-22 Thread Chet Ramey
Hector Chu wrote: In terms of code impact, there is a 1800 line new file, and ifdef'ed code scattered around the other various files. Each change in existing files is very small, around 1-10 lines in each place. 38 files were changed. 2 added. Sure, I'm interested. Send them to me, please. C

Re: Bash for Windows

2008-08-22 Thread Hector Chu
This port uses mingw32 to build, producing a so called native build of bash. The existing code paths are retained (unlike earlier ports), increasing maintainability. Most attempts have difficulty with reconciling the use of fork and exec in the execute code paths. Windows only has a CreateProcess

Re: Bash for Windows

2008-08-22 Thread Chet Ramey
Hector Chu wrote: I've ported bash to Windows and would like my changes to be part of the main codebase. Would there be any interest in doing this? Tell me more. What makes your port different from the existing ones? Chet -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer Chet Ra

Bash for Windows

2008-08-22 Thread Hector Chu
I've ported bash to Windows and would like my changes to be part of the main codebase. Would there be any interest in doing this?