Subject: Re: porting To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu (DJ's GPP mailing list) Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 13:43:10 EST From: Stephen Turnbull > From: "Jason D. Kridner" > Message-Id: <9301271621 DOT AA06558 AT tamsun DOT tamu DOT edu> > > I'm new to DJGPP, so please be patient. > > I'm interested in porting a bunch of FSF, UNIX, and X-Windows programs to > DesqView/X. I'm especially interested in getting a complete version of perl > with support for signals, fork(), pipes, and sockets. I'm not sure that DVX > has rich support for fork(), pipe() and getpid(), but I'll be sore with my First thing you need to do is get the DesqView/X Road Map. It's about $50 from QuarterDeck, and comes with DJGPP. There are also an API library and documentation as well as full developer's kits available for various compilers. I don't know sockets, but I believe the Road Map claims DV/X supports the Berkeley interface directly. I don't know what fork() does exactly (I'm used to the DOS-style exec and spawn functions), but you should be able to get the right interface, although not necessarily efficiency, using the DV/X process interface. > purchase if I can't make them work. I do believe that socket support should > not be a problem (as DVX has Berkley socket support). I am worried about how > much modification to GO32 is required to get limited signal support and real Dunno signals, either. But... > pipes. I only want a few signals (as I don't know what most do) to help me Pipes and signals should be supportable through the general messaging facility of DV/X. Again, I wouldn't bet on efficiency. > clean up my code on a kill. > > I a novice (newbie) with UNIX, GNU C, 386 protected mode programming, _AND_ > X-Windows, but don't be afraid to bombard me with facts I need to eventually I strongly recommend the O'Reilly series in that case. They come with the DV/X developer's kits. > understand anyway. Messages about getting in over my head, will be politely > ignored (unless it is really impossible). I apologize if this topic has been > addressed recently in the FAQ or listserv; just point me in the right > direction. > > BTW, is there a newsgroup which echoes this listserv? > -- > Jason Kridner / jdk AT tamu DOT edu > > -- Stephen Turnbull The Ohio State University, Department of Economics 410 Arps Hall, 1945 N. High St., Columbus, OH 43210-1172 USA Phone: (614) 292-0654 Fax: ...-3906 Email: turnbull DOT 1 AT osu DOT edu