I'm very keen to implement various Unix commands on my Win2K system at home and my NT box at work and have found the following projects:
  1. Cygwin
  2. Perl Power Tools
  3. Sourceforge PPT project
On the face of it, my options are limited to the first two as the Sourceforge project looks to be rather dead (?). However, after searching this site it seems that people are using either of the first two solutions quite successfully.

The PPT project fits my bill more so than Cygwin (at first glance) as I am not interested, yet, in implementing more than a few Unix commands to make my life easier (and possibly port /update some myself).

So is the PPT project still running and are people still using it or has the preference shifted towards the Cygwin project?

If the Cygwin project is the way to go now, have any monks experienced any issues using it on NT4 with Activestate Perl and PPMs? Also, is it recommended to install and make a Perl binary directly under Cygwin instead?

To be honest, the PPT project does sit a little better with me as its all native Perl and I can learn from the various command implementations. However, it seems its not being updated very much anymore. A shame as I would have liked to have been involved in it.

Thanks
Simon

PS: I've already used the search on this site and read the following:
  1. Cygwin and PPM
  2. PPT inclusion in the Code Catacombs?
  3. col for PPT
If people needed a background :)

In reply to PPT and Cygwin by simon.proctor

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