Re: tcsh for os2?

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From: ochealth
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 07:01

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In article <1992Aug13.164259.10345@jato.jpl.nasa.gov> andy@huey.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Andy Poulsen) writes:
>why can't tcsh be compiled for os/2?  the sources are freely available,
>and from what i've heard the emx port should allow fairly easy porting.
>it'd be a welcome addition, i think (and free, at that...)
>
>anyone, anyone?
 go for it! Nice of you to offer!

seriously, I think tcsh uses a lot of UNIX system calls, and while OS/2
can handle the same kind of things UNIX can, OS/2 does things in a totally
different way. I think fork() is one critical call that OS/2 doesn't have
directly, so someone is probably working on providing equivalent calls.

THEN we might see a 2nd wave of UNIX programs, like tcsh etc.


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>thanks,
>
>andy
>
>
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>andy poulsen                   *
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>(818) 354-8033                 *
>andy@huey.jpl.nasa.gov         *    we may be dumb, but we're slow...


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