Date:	Sun, 25 Jan 1998 12:05:33 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To:	Scarius <scarius AT geocities DOT com>
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Dos >> Unix Conversion
In-Reply-To:	<34CAE538.650B@geocities.com>
Message-ID:	<Pine.SUN.3.91.980125115709.6355B-100000@is>
MIME-Version:	1.0

On Sun, 25 Jan 1998, Scarius wrote:

> so I'm going to need to move all my work from DOS to Unix. Is
> that going to be hard? What exactly is involved (I've never
> used Unix).

If you are already using DJGPP, then you probably know how to invoke a 
Unix compiler (since GCC has a lot of Unix legacy).

One thing you will need to master is an editor (unless you already use 
Emacs or VI, or one of their work-alikes, on DOS).

> Will they read DOS disks so I can transfer my programs?

In general, no.  Some systems, like Solaris, can mount DOS filesystems.  
If that is your case, you are lucky.  If not, I suggest to download the 
Mtools package from the GNU ftp site and compile it on your target 
machine.  The programs there will allow you to read and write DOS 
floppies on a Unix box.

> Is there any info around about beginning Unix programming?

Programming as I understand it means these activities:

	1) Editing sources.
	2) Running compiler, linker, assembler, Make.
	3) Reading docs about system calls and library functions.
	4) Debugging.

If you worked with DJGPP, there's a lot of this that you already know.  
For the docs, use the `man' command which is standard on Unix.

What other stuff do you mean by ``beginning Unix programming''?  Please 
ask specific questions.

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