[Tutor] Python Working Environment, Checkout, Compare (diff), ...

Dave Kuhlman dkuhlman at rexx.com
Mon Oct 13 20:28:53 CEST 2008


On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 12:09:16AM -0400, Kent Johnson wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 7:48 PM, Wayne Watson
> <sierra_mtnview at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > Well, maybe I'll give Cygwin a go again. I tried it 2-3 years ago and it was
> > troublesome. I'd really like to have Unix/Linux available, so maybe. I
> > really don't use Linux any longer, but it does have some very good features
> > like diff than can be helpful even in a Win env.
> 
> Many of the GNU tools - including diff - are available for native
> Windows (not Cygwin) from the GnuWin32 project:
> http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages.html
> 

Also look here:

    http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/

    "Here are some ports of common GNU utilities to native Win32. In
    this context, native means the executables do only depend on the
    Microsoft C-runtime (msvcrt.dll) and not an emulation layer like
    that provided by Cygwin tools."

- Dave

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