Unix-like utilities

[Allan Carhart <carhart.allan@com>]

Hey guys,

I'd like to find some unix-like utilities on my Win95 box, and am wondering
if anyone here has experience trying this.

Beyond the typical "ls=dir","cp=copy" and "mv=move", and even beyond
bash/tcsh replacing command.com (although that's a nice start),
I'm interested in transforming my Win95 environment (as much as possible)
so that I have the control (such as "renice") and the troubleshooting
tools (such as "top", "iostat", "vmstat", or "pfiles") that I have
grown accustomed to, in Solaris/Irix/Linux.

(For example, Norton Utilities for Win95 is good about telling me exactly
where 50% of my memory is going, but doesn't bother to tell me what's using
99% of my CPU, or what's accessing my disk, when I have plenty of RAM.)

Now, I know there are certain utilities which are just calls directly
into the kernel (such as "truss/strace").  And most likely, there just
plain isn't any Win32 equivalent. (or equivalent in Win95's subset of Win32)
But I am hopeful that the right sophisticated software can go a long way.

On the networking front, I've been very impressed with 'Winroute',
a utility which gives you a Linux-like view over your network interfaces.
It allows you to change IP addresses, configure routing tables, etc.
Not only with more ease and more control, but WITHOUT REBOOTING!!!
(I call it linux-like because the modem is "ppp0" and ethernet is "eth0")

I imagine there must be other utilities out there, and am wondering
about first-hand experiences. A quick search for "top windows 95" showed
lists of "top downloads" and "top software"....heh, not quite what I had
in mind.

Since I have no low-level understanding of how the Win32 kernel works,
I'm honestly not sure what can be acheieved and what is simply unavailable.
I'm sure there is much more Posix stuff in NT/2000 than 95/98.

Any advice would be appreciated.

--Allan