UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Thanks again for all your replies.

I installed Linux Fedora on a partitioned hard disk on an old laptop.

But, on another laptop I installed ViM for Windows XP to practice the Vi editor on Windows, lest I forget it again.

After installing ViM I installed Cygwin to practice Unix commands on Windows.

From Cygwin command, I'm also able to invoke the ViM editor, that works out great for me, as it simulates the Unix like environment after I exit the editor.

However, with Cygwin, I'm unable to list the existing files and folders that are on the C: drive of the Windows XP system.

When I list directories at / , Cygwin simply shows these directories and files:
bin cygdrive cygwin.bat cygwin.ico etc home lib proc tmp usr var

Then I tried $mount , it showed a mapping of
c: drive to /cygdrive/c - this means that every time I need to access a file on the c: drive I need to change directory to /cygdrive/c

Right now I don't know the limitations of Cygwin, it seems that DOS inserts CRLF in files but Unix only inserts LF for new lines, don't know if this will be problem, will have to wait and see.

what i use in sco 5.0.6
dtox - change file format from dos to unix
xtod - change file format from unix to dos
try it

Hi

I tried dos2unix and unix2dos in Linux and it worked.

Regarding CygWin, I think its a great program to practice basic Unix commands but I was looking for something that tightly integrates with the DOS command prompt.

By this I mean, if I start at c:\> of DOS I should be able to type ls and see a Unix like listing of directories. Or if I tab, it auto completes the rest of the file name.

My manager installed a program like that at my previous employer, but I should have made a note of what program he used.

He would type Unix commands on DOS as if it were a Unix machine.

I'll try out the other emulators and see how they work. So far I've only tried Cygwin and VIM for Windows.

Go get VMware workstation. It's the best.

Thanks for the recommendation, sorry if I forgot to mention this.

I do have a full Linux installed over a partition on my old laptop so, I'm able to use and practice Linux there.

But, I plan to install that DOS integration or whatever it may be known as on every Windows system I get to work on both at home and at work.

The program my manager used a small exe file or something of that sort, after running the exe the DOS command was almost like Unix shell prompt.


I haven't tried VMWare products yet, so I don't know their features but I came accross:

VMWare Server
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/server_datasheet.pdf

I might give it it a try and see how it works.