Re: Unix-like utilities

[Bill Kerney <wkerney@sdcc17.ucsd.edu>]

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-Bill

On Sat, 27 Mar 1999, Allan Carhart wrote:

> 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
>