Date:	Sun, 16 Feb 1997 19:31:03 -0600
From:	martin AT fieldhouse DOT com
Subject:	djgpp bash under NT 4.0
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Message-ID:	<856142495.3914@dejanews.com>
Reply-To:	martin AT fieldhouse DOT com
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To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Thanks to the kind help of Mr. John M. Aldrich, I currently have all
required files downloaded, extracted and installed on my NT 4.0 Intel
system - 64Mb, 133Mhz, 4Gb HD, plenty of resources.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Here's what I downloaded:
 v2/djdev201.zip     (development environment)
 v2gnu/bsh1147b.zip  (GNU bash shell)
 v2gnu/bnu27b.zip    (GNU Binutils)
 v2gnu/gcc2721b.zip  (gcc compiler)
 v2gnu/gpp2721b.zip  (g++ compiler)
 v2gnu/lgp271b.zip   (C++ libraries)
 v2/faq210b.zip      (FAQ list)
 v2gnu/gdb416b.zip   (GNU debugger)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Here's what my directory structure looks like:
C:\DJGPP>dir
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is E4F1-3A3D

 Directory of C:\DJGPP

02/16/97  06:37p        <DIR>          .
02/16/97  06:37p        <DIR>          ..
02/16/97  06:36p        <DIR>          BIN
10/05/96  07:02p                 2,199 DJGPP.ENV
02/16/97  06:36p        <DIR>          DOCS
02/16/97  06:36p        <DIR>          FAQ
02/16/97  06:35p        <DIR>          GNU
02/16/97  06:36p        <DIR>          INCLUDE
02/16/97  06:36p        <DIR>          INFO
02/16/97  06:36p        <DIR>          LANG
02/16/97  06:36p        <DIR>          LIB
02/16/97  06:36p        <DIR>          MANIFEST
10/16/96  02:30p                29,378 pkunzip.exe
02/16/97  06:36p        <DIR>          TMP
02/16/97  06:36p        <DIR>          ZONEINFO
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

My problem now is that I do not know how to run the Bash shell :-( I have
downloaded and read what I believe to be the correct FAQ's, as well as
those that came with the distributions. It is my understanding that
certain environment variables must be set in Autoexec.bat and Config.sys
(I know how to create these files, create an icon and set the properties
which will call these up upon execution). I tried making a config.sys with
SHELL=C:\DJGPP\BIN\BASH.EXE but this caused only a brief blank screen
before returning me to the NT windows screen.

If I double click the C:\Djgpp\bin\bash.exe file in Explorer, I get a
MS-DOS window with a  'bash$'  prompt but it recognizes no Unix commands
such as ls, w, cd .. etc. The only command it accepts is 'exit' - a
recognized DOS command I suspect :-(

I'm sure I am missing something obvious but I would really appreciate any
help that anyone could render. Mr. Aldrich has already given freely of his
time and expertise to get me this far and I hope someone is out there who
has done what I am trying to do which is...

1. Run a Unix shell
2. Run G++
3. Link to libraries such as iostream.h, iomanip.h etc.
4. Use emacs to write and G++ to compile simple C++ programs

I am trying to simulate the environment that I get telnetting in to the
campus servers at SFSU. For reasons much researched but still unknown, the
telnet connection I get is tenuous and I keep getting frozen/kicked out in
mid-edit. This is a problem as I have assignments due in C++ class.
Getting a reasonable facsimile working on my home machine would allow me
to try out most stuff here first, there later.

Again, thanks very much in advance for any assistance anyone can offer.

Martin

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