DOS ain't dead - BSD alternatives to coreutils

BSD alternatives to coreutils (Developers)

posted by Oso2k, 24.01.2014, 01:28

> > So basically you want to create a POSIX compatibillity layer on top of
> the
> > DOS?
>
> Not really what I'm working towards. If I wanted that, there's a musl port
> to Windows which will give a POSIX compatibility layer. I could just use
> it. From what I've read about it, it may be much better than the Cygwin
> alternative.
>
> I think Georg, Oso2K and Ibidem got the idea of what I'm trying to
> accomplish. So, if anyone's interested in discussing it further, feel free
> to e-mail me. Was just curious if anyone was already working along those
> lines or was interested in projects of that nature.

So, you're best bet, IMO, would be to look at some of the things that Juan Manual Guerrero and Andris Pavenis do for the djgpp/GNU ports they build. Juan Manual Guerrero usually creates a djgpp folder in the port and uses a simpler build system. Find him on the djgpp list.

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