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@@ -100,21 +100,33 @@ Tru64. Windows ======= -In Windows only the Windows 2000, 2003 and XP operating systems (and their -variants) are currently supported. The source tarball can be built in a -cygwin environment on Windows. See http://www.cygwin.com for more -information. Various extras such as 'gcc' (the GNU C compiler) and 'make' -need to be loaded as they are not in the minimal cygwin default distribution. -The build command is "make -f Makefile.win32" and to install (for a cygwin -environment) use "make -f Makefile.win32 install". Currently the make -doesn't build a dll (cf shared libraries are built on Linux and FreeBSD) so -the executable files are bigger than they need to be. Once built, the -various ".exe" commands can either be executed in a cygwin shell (typically -"bash") or a DOS shell. If cygwin has not been installed on the target -machine then the "cygwin1.dll" (obtained from www.cygwin.com ) is required. -The various device names that the sg3_utils utilities will accept in Windows -can be seen by running the sg_scan utility (and perhaps looking at its man -page (i.e. sg_scan.8 or sg_scan.8w)). - - -5th October 2006 +In Windows only the Windows NT, 2000, 2003 and XP operating systems (and +their variants) are currently supported. The various device names that the +sg3_utils utilities will accept in Windows can be seen by running the +sg_scan utility (and perhaps looking at its man page (i.e. sg_scan.8 or +sg_scan.8w)). + +The source tarball can be built in a cygwin or MinGW environment on Windows. + +For cygwin see http://www.cygwin.com for more information. Various extras +such as 'gcc' (the GNU C compiler) and 'make' need to be loaded as they are +not in the minimal cygwin default distribution. The build command +is "make -f Makefile.win32" and to install (for a cygwin environment) +use "make -f Makefile.win32 install". Currently the make doesn't build a +dll (cf shared libraries are built on Linux and FreeBSD) so the executable +files are bigger than they need to be. Once built, the various ".exe" +commands can either be executed in a cygwin shell (typically "bash") or a +DOS shell. If cygwin has not been installed on the target machine then +the "cygwin1.dll" (obtained from http://www.cygwin.com ) is required. + +There is also the "Minimalist Gnu for Windows" (MinGW) and its associated +shell (MSYS) that can serve as a build environment for sg3_utils. This +removes the dependence on the proprietary cygwin1.dll at the expense +of some timing features. In a MSYS shell untar the sg3_utils tarball and +in its top level directory use "make -f Makefile.mingw". The executables +will be placed in that directory. They can be executed in a MSYS or "cmd" +shell. + + +21st January 2007 +Doug Gilbert |