From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 6 14:06:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA18256 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 6 Jul 1998 14:06:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lucy.bedford.net (lucy.bedford.net [206.99.145.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA18214 for ; Mon, 6 Jul 1998 14:06:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from listread@lucy.bedford.net) Received: (from listread@localhost) by lucy.bedford.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA13457; Mon, 6 Jul 1998 17:05:47 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from listread) Message-Id: <199807062105.RAA13457@lucy.bedford.net> Subject: Re: Unix In-Reply-To: from Solomon Virgo at "Jul 6, 98 09:02:51 am" To: Solomon_Virgo@brookscanada.com (Solomon Virgo) Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 17:05:47 -0400 (EDT) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-no-archive: yes Reply-to: djv@bedford.net From: CyberPeasant X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Solomon Virgo wrote: > How and where can I obtain a free copy of the UNIX freeware for windows PC? > > I am a student and would like to practice writing some UNIX script > Unix is a separate large-scale operating system unrelated to Windoze; it is not a Windoze application. If you would simply like to write shell scripts, I think that the bash shell, available from ftp at prep.ai.mit.edu, might be compilable under some M$ OS's. Bash is a version of the Bourne shell, one of three popular shells used under Unix. If you have a few hundred free megabytes in a harddisk partition, then a dual-booting installation of FreeBSD is possible; your best option is to purchase the 4-CDROM set from walnut creek. (www.cdrom.com). Browse thoroughly www.freebsd.org for more information. Dave -- Sancho Panza: `Microsoft Windows NT Server is the most secure network operating system available.' Don Quixote: `You are mistaken, Sancho.' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message