Hi Raith, > I would be grateful for even a simple yes/no answer to my dilemma... (I am > completely new to CygWin and I did read the FAQ) > > I want to use my Windows computer to develop a web site that will be hosted > on UNIX and needs to use some UNIXy features; symbolic links, the passwd > program for controlling HTaccess password files and some sort of email > sender (sendmail?). > > I am currently using the Win32 ports of Apache, PHP4, MySQL and Perl and > this works great but I am unable to use the features I mentioned above. Is > CygWin a likely solution to my problem? I presume I'll also need to find > CygWin compatible binary distros of Apache, PHP4, MySQL and Perl (I don't > want to convert/compile them myself). You may use the cygwin ports of Apache 1.3.x and PHP 4.x to develop on a Win32 system and copy the same setup to a UNIX based machine Check these URLs http://www.student.uni-koeln.de/cygwin/ http://apache.dev.wapme.net/ Regards, Stipe tolj@wapme-systems.de ------------------------------------------------------------------- Wapme Systems AG Münsterstr. 248 40470 Düsseldorf Tel: +49-211-74845-0 Fax: +49-211-74845-299 E-Mail: info@wapme-systems.de Internet: http://www.wapme-systems.de ------------------------------------------------------------------- wapme.net - wherever you are -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/