>-----Original Message-----
>From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] 
>Sent: 18 October 2005 00:25
>To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
>Subject: Re: [OT] Another 'DOS' command
>
>
>Peter wrote:
>
>> FYI there are standalone precompiled free versions of bash.exe 
>> grep.exe
>> awk.exe tar.exe gzip.exe bzip2.exe etc downloadable from the 
>internet 
>> (various versions). Just use a search engine to locate them. 
>There is no 
>> need to install full cygwin to exec one of these. 
>
>MinGW is an interesting collection of utilities like Peter describes.

I was going to mention MinGW.  I used to use Cygwin, and while it's a fantastic package for those developing/porting linux applications, it's a (very) heavyweight installation for those of us that just need the shell functionality and perhaps a few command lines tools such as e.g. gawk.  MinGW is small and packs more than enough functionality for most Windows users ;-)

Russell, when you have a few minutes spare, grab MinGW and MSYS from http://www.mingw.org/

Regards

Mike

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