unix programs on winNT??

[drk]

This sounds like a dumb question, but is there anyway to run a unix program on Windows NT?&nbsp;&nbsp;Some kind of shell or something?<br>thanks<br>Dave

 

[fenris]

I have never heard of anyone wanting to do that, usually it is the other why around. If there is a need for it then a program called an emulator will have been created, in your case you want an unix emulator. What an emulator does is try to create a virtual machine inside your computer to run the programs on. If you can't find anything like that then you may want to see if you can find a program with the same functionality as the software you want to run. Worst case scenerio, you may have to find a unix machine to run it on.<br><br>What does the unix program do, and what is it called, I may know of something to suit your needs.<br> <p> fenris<br><a href=mailto:fenris@hotmail.com>fenris@hotmail.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br>

 

[drk]

Thanks for the info.&nbsp;&nbsp;I'm looking into &quot;UWin&quot; (<A HREF="

http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/uwin/"

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http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/uwin/</A>)

which claims to be able to run unix programs on windows.&nbsp;&nbsp;I'm going to try it out...<br><br>The program I'm trying to run is 'Word for Word' which is a file conversion utility (that works, but is outdated).&nbsp;&nbsp;I need to convert from HTML into popular word processing formats (Word, WP, rtf, etc.).&nbsp;&nbsp;I searched high and low for a conversion tool that does this reliably (I found some, but they failed my testing) with no luck.&nbsp;&nbsp;So, if anybody knows of a good file conversion utility, I'd like to take a look.<br>Thanks

 

[fenris]

This program 'Word for Word' does it have source code? If it does then you may be able to port it to winNT. Anyway it sounds like an interesting program.<br><br> <p> fenris<br><a href=mailto:fenris@hotmail.com>fenris@hotmail.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br>