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Re: Portable shell code between Cygwin and Linux
- From: "Sebastien Vauban" <wxhgmqzgwmuf at spammotel dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2011 08:39:20 +0200
- Subject: Re: Portable shell code between Cygwin and Linux
- References: <80hb65b3ue.fsf@somewhere.org> <4E330DC6.4070009@cygwin.com>
Hi Larry,
"Larry Hall Cygwin" wrote:
> On 7/29/2011 9:42 AM, Sebastien Vauban wrote:
>> Here, I cd first to my config file, as I removed full paths from client.vpn
>> config file:
>
> <snip>
>
>> I'm aware of cygpath, but still don't see clearly which are the best
>> trade-off to be able to write portable shell code -- if possible. Any hint?
>
> Sounds to me like you're using a Windows version of OpenVPN. You'd need a
> version built for Cygwin to make this transparent.
Yes, I do use a Win32 binary. I first looked for openvpn in the Cygwin
packages, but did not find any.
I didn't dare yet trying to compile such a low-level application (network
interface) in Cygwin, thinking it would never succeed. But who knows...
Best regards,
Seb
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